Week 5: Encryption Bans

Encryption bans have been thrown around for a while. Other countries have tried this and it has not ended well. Banning encryption completely destroys all privacy and could have many unintended consequences. When you access you online banking, it is encrypted, think about the consequences if it wasn’t. Governments have proposed adding a backdoor for themselves or law enforcement in encryption systems. This is not a solution as it makes everyone less secure. It wouldn’t even take long for access to that backdoor to fall into the wrong hands. Can we even trust the government with our most sensitive data? The idea is to catch criminals who are using encryption to hide illicit activities, but why should everyone be punished. The consequences of backdoored encryption would be unthinkable. This can almost be viewed as a guilty until proven innocent approach, which is unconstitutional.

https://www.wired.com/2016/02/encryption-is-worldwide-yet-another-reason-why-a-us-ban-makes-no-sense/