Here's a question that's been intriguing me a while. What would be the harms of a ban on end-to-end encryption in mass-market products? People feel safe using Gmail and Telegram routinely for sensitive stuff. What argument do you have for E2E for civilians that really resonates?
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I can think of lots, but I don't know which are "rhetorically resonant." 1) wherever the keys are escrowed becomes an irresistible target and a breach there is catastrophic.
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2) Something like herd immunity is at stake; anyone that "we" agree needs protection from state actors has a much harder time (for whatever value of "we" you want.)
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3) Potential for abuse (see accounts of NSA dragnet getting used for stalking exes.)
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4) It's just fucking creepy to say "you're not allowed to talk in such a way that we can't listen in."
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I think those are four strong ones
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