tater_gunz
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 ·buckeye cable
| Quick question
All this talk about encrypting VoIP calls, etc., has got me thinking. I seem to recall reading a long time ago that ALL encryption methods have to be registered with the government, lest they be considered illegal.
Am I remembering wrong, or are some people here arguing a moot point? If I'm right, then the government already has the keys to your crypto...
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MoeDumb
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September 27th, @02:20PM
| said by tater_gunz  :All this talk about encrypting VoIP calls, etc., has got me thinking. I seem to recall reading a long time ago that ALL encryption methods have to be registered with the government, lest they be considered illegal. Am I remembering wrong, or are some people here arguing a moot point? If I'm right, then the government already has the keys to your crypto... - Tate Registering does not mean giving them a backdoor. Phil Zimmerman "registered" his encryption invention, "PGP," and it remained uncompromised for years. Then he sold it and today a corporation owns it, so who knows anymore...
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tater_gunz
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·buckeye cable
| True, they may not have a back door provided, but I'm guessing that having the exact specs of the algorithms used would greatly assist the process of cracking the overall crypto.
I'm no cryptographer, so I don't claim to know much more than what I've read.
As long as everyone keeps their activities legal, we should all be cool anyways. 
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openbox9
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| If the "government agency that doesn't really exist" wants to crack your encryption, they've already done it. After all, that's what they do. Don't be foolish to think that because you encrypt something, whether you've "registered" the encryption or not, doesn't mean someone can't snoop the traffic. |
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MoeDumb
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He and I were talking about an algorithm author submitting his work to the Feds for approval ("registering") so that its use in the USA might be deemed legal.
We were not talking about the end-user sending in 15 bucks to "register"
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