Comment on Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
SleafordMod@feddit.uk 1 week agoMaybe I should read more about encryption. I was thinking maybe a company like Apple could just keep the encryption keys stored somewhere. So if needed they could decrypt particular messages. There could be big punishments, prison time, for anybody within Apple who decrypts messages without a court warrant.
smeg@feddit.uk 1 week ago
You can probably get a better explanation by reading up on encryption, but I think most security people would say that encrypted communications where you don’t hold the keys may as well not be encrypted at all. You still have to trust that someone doesn’t (accidentally or deliberately) access your data, leak your keys, or otherwise break the process that keeps everything safe.
SleafordMod@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Fair enough. I will try to read more stuff about encryption.