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Putin Gives Federal Security Agents Two Weeks To Produce 'Encryption Keys' For The Internet (gawker.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, has ordered the Federal Security Service (FSB) to produce "encryption keys" to decrypt all data on the internet, and the FSB has two weeks to do it, Meduza reports. The head of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, is responsible for accomplishing such a task. "The new 'anti-terrorist' laws require all 'organizers of information distribution' that add 'additional coding' to transmitted electronic messages to provide the FSB with any information necessary to decrypt those messages," reports Meduza. "It's still unclear what information exactly online resources are expected to turn over, given that all data on the internet is encoded, one way or another, and in many instances encryption keys for encrypted information simply don't exist." Some of the details of the executive order include requiring telecom providers and "organizers of information distribution" to store copies of the content of all information they transmit for six months and store the metadata for three years so the Kremlin can access it whenever they want. In order for that to happen, ISPs would need to build new data centers capable of holding all that information and buy imported equipment, all without state subsidies, where they risk going bankrupt. To actually operate the data centers, the Russian government would need to upgrade Russia's outdated electrical grid and cables, which could cost between $30 and $77 billion. What about the "encryption keys?" In addition to storing all the transmitted information, "organizers of information distribution" have to turn over "any information necessary to decrypt those messages." Therefore, "additional coding" will need to be added to all electronic messages to act as instructions for the FSB to "decode" them. Many services and websites don't have "keys" or are fundamentally unsharable, like banks and financial institutions. Nearly all electronic information needs to be "encoded" in some way. Bortnikov has two weeks and the clock starts now. Good luck!
I think Putin knows full well that this task is not achievable, but wants to use it to shove someone out of their job in disgrace. I guess we'll find out who that is soon enough.
How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.
Checked all your posts. 99.9% of them (if I was conspiracy minded) seem like posts from one of Putins 'Internet commenter shills', where they try to insult and degrade any non-Putin owned Russian companies.
There were a lot of assassination attempts at him. Fortunately none of the succeeded. Just imagine what could have happened if a capable military strategist had that army, that technology and that industrial capacity at his disposal. We're talking about an army that could wage a war against Russia + USA for roughly 4 years, and an industry that could supply that war under stress of bombing for the same period. The very last thing you'd want in the mix is someone actually able to handle that power.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
No. You are wrong. 100% of them. Putin pays me directly from his personal stash of Bitcoins.