Mastodawn

I am growing tired of governments who can't seem to understand how encryption works.

You *cannot* both have secure encryption and encryption with a backdoor (or "lawful" access). It's impossible.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/11/encryption-is-not-a-crime/#magical-backdoor-only-for-the-good-guys-is-a-complete-fantasy

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Encryption Is Not a Crime

Encryption is not a crime, encryption protects all of us. Encryption, and especially end-to-end encryption, is an essential tool to protect everyone online. Attempts to undermine encryption are an attack to our fundamental right to privacy and an attack to our inherent right to security and safety.

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Elias Mårtenson May 28

@Em0nM4stodon You can have encryption with backdoor access though. It just won't be secure.

What these people don't understand is why the 'secure' part is important.

To be honest, how do you explain that in an effective way? Especially if you barely get a sentence to do that pitch.

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May 28

@loke Reading the linked article might help

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Elias Mårtenson

@Em0nM4stodon Absolutely, but the people who push for these legislations are not going to read that article.

They are going to ask: 'can we add a backdoor to this?', and the answer is either: 'technically yes, but it won't be secure', which is the correct answer but they will only hear the 'yes' part.

Or, you can answer 'no, it's not possible'. But that answer doesn't capture exactly what it is that is impossible, and they'll just go to someone who can tell them 'yes'.