Poll Says Most Americans Favor Crypto Backdoors

Sideways The Dog writes: "According to this MSNBC article, "72 percent of Americans believe that anti-encryption laws would be 'somewhat' or 'very' helpful in preventing a repeat of last week's terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C." I realize that I'm preaching to the choir here, but it is scary how many people do not realize that the bad guys are not going to play fair here. Even granted that people may not realize the tools are already out there for the bad guys to use, I wonder what the polls will say when the backdoor gets compromised and 72% of people get their bank accounts wiped." Update: 09/19 19:26 PM GMT by T : Declan McCullagh adds a link to "the actual text of the question asked by the pollsters, which Princeton Survey Research Associates describes here." Note the numbers on this page as well.

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As Ben Franklin said...

[AugstWest]

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. "

Sorry if I sound rude, but

[askii64]

what the fuck is the point of crypto if it has widely known backdoors. Thats like locking the door to a house with no walls!!!!! Completely idiotic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!