The best part of the “going dark” debate is that we have to pretend sophisticated attacks by nation-states and criminals are some kind of Gibsonian sci-fi fantasy. It’s 2019. Theres a multi-billion dollar industry around attacking phone security systems.https://www.fastcompany.com/90307864/u-s-fund-sells-israeli-hacking-firm-nso-group-amid-spy-mystery …
It's not just USG, but they sure are a big player. It would meaningfully move the market for sure. They could promise not to build a key escrow system and do it anyway, so that argument works both ways I think.
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There is no “market” where governments compete for which one keeps the most promises :)
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Honestly I also think there are legitimate cases where governments need zero days to do their jobs; if they did keep their empty promise not to use them I would not be happy.
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wouldn't we know if they had built a key escrow system?

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"SSL added and removed here", etc, etc.
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