NSA PATENT NO.: 6,724,893
[44 Points] TigerHall:
[8 Points] presari0:
Imagining trying to put a genie back into a bottle.
[5 Points] canadasmith234:
So pgp is useless now ? Or is this escrow thing only for new versions?
[4 Points] Theyallsingalong:
So... Should we start creating something new?
[3 Points] harrymmmm:
dnm people probably should have a better knowledge of cryptography. This stuff is nearly 20 years old, and so is Schneier's debunking of it: https://www.schneier.com/paper-key-escrow.html
[2 Points] lucasjkr:
I've read about similar system; they're marketed to corporations, so that executives and everyone else can send encrypted emails, which are still recoverable if a private key gets lost.
Nothing to see here. Literally zero percent chance of it ending up in any of the open source software that individuals depend on to protect their privacy. Why? Because it's open source - if such a "feature" were inserted into the software, it would take any dev team all of 10 minutes to discover it.
[1 Points] BallsJunior:
I'm more surprised that these "methods", which are obviously algorithms, can be patented than I am surprised that the NSA has developed them.
[1 Points] A530:
The concept for dealing with key escrow has been around forever. Anyone who is surprised about information that came during the Snowden leaks is either young or has not been paying attention.
Using my imagination... NSA claims they created PGP, attempt to sue Symantec who currently own PGP Corp. They win, the use of PGP encryption then becomes probable cause for a warrant.
Dystopian enough yet?