02-18-2016, 03:20 PM
(02-18-2016, 03:11 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Kind of off topic, but in a way related to this argument.
Most people don't know that in many states it is illegal to have a secret compartment in yourcar even if it is empty.
That is what will eventually happen with encryption. the only legal encryption programs will be the ones that are designed and sold with a "back door". There will be other options on the free market, but it will be illegal to have them.
As you allude to the demand will be filled by a black market supply. The difference is a hidden compartment, while hidden, is much easier to find than encryption. Technology will always be ahead of the law enforcement agencies and it will be a pointless effort. What will happen is these "dark phones" will have a hidden operating system running everything under encryption that law enforcement would never know is there. It would take computer engineers to know what to look for, and you won't be doing that with every day thugs. Sure you may keep random low level criminals from using encryption, but the "terrorists" they will prop up as the reason for the law will be the first ones to acquire the new technology.
