Mastodawn

May 11, 2023

Sometimes criminals close the door when plotting crimes.

“We should ban doors!” 🚫🚪

Sometimes criminals hide weapons under their clothes.

“We should ban clothes!” 🚫👖

🙃

Do not fall for these misguided arguments.

Most of the time people use end-to-end encrypted apps to talk about the most mundane things.

Sometimes vulnerable people use end-to-end encryption to protect themselves and stay safe.

We should keep and cherish encryption.

We should demand it everywhere.

End-to-end encryption protects our human right to privacy and safety.

We must fight for it! ✊🔒

#RootForE2EE #E2EE #Encryption #Privacy

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TC Won't Give In To Lies May 11, 2023

@Em0nM4stodon
What a silly argument.

No one is banning encryption. Demanding platforms stop crimes, even if encrypted, is no different than cops stopping crimes behind closed doors.

A crime behind any veil is still a crime and should be stopped.

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Sam Minnée May 11, 2023

@TCatInReality @Em0nM4stodon demanding that end-to-end encryption has a back door is demanding that a key property of end-to-end encryption doesn’t exist.

We are not morally obligated to roll out all tools that might prevent crime; for example we don’t have a police camera in your house to check for possible crime. Civil liberties and crime prevention are balanced.

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TC Won't Give In To Lies May 11, 2023

@sminnee @Em0nM4stodon
Bad analogy.

Demanding companies have a way to police thru their own encryption is basic product safety to reduce abuse by criminals.

Demanding installation of police cameras in your home may be argued as "safety", but it's nothing to do with product safety.

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Sam Minnée

@TCatInReality @Em0nM4stodon you’re arguing that end-to-end encryption shouldn’t be legal, because the essential purpose of end-to-end encryption is to prevent the possibility of eavesdropping by the people that run the platform (or others they let in such as police).

I disagree, as does the O/P.