It also generally works for organized crime. But you’re quite correct; it doesn’t work against terrorists.https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/666794369102557185 …
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@emptywheel They have the resources to. It’s less clear that they can get the necessary expertise. As we all know, good crypto is hard. -
@SteveBellovin That's your lane, not mine, but I trust you on that. I could imagine a Chapo or Chinese org crime investing in it tho. -
@emptywheel They’d want to, but it wouldn’t be easy. (Prohibition was an interesting example; see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Friedman#Government_service …)
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@emptywheel Years ago, I knew a former drug prosecutor who felt that big drug gangs had the money/violence to exploit key escrow. -
@SteveBellovin@thedarktangent@emptywheel makes sense. Big cartels notoriously have govt insiders in their camp. http://world.time.com/2014/01/14/dea-boosted-mexican-drug-cartel/ … -
@0xMatt@thedarktangent@emptywheel One use case for the Clipper chip was secure gov't phones—the cartels would want to eavesdrop on the FBI -
@SteveBellovin@thedarktangent@emptywheel my money's on Church of Scientology to be the first ones to nefariously exploit govt backdoors
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