Most experts agree the product of the best cryptography will be indistinguishable from random noise. This means that it is difficult to share the benefits of compression with file encryption
Surely not if you compress it and _then_ encrypt it?
Surely this sort of thing isn't really going to affect the determined terrorist from getting in anyway. Sure, you stop them from getting their bombs in that way, but what about all the goods that are travelling in and out anyway?
And what about the sleepers. The people that have been in America for the past couple of years living their lives... what if they get a job doing janitorial work, and they bring their bombs in beforehand?
And most importantly, if I'm a terrorist or group of terrorists willing to die, you think a fricking security guard is going to stop me at the gate? You think a security guard is going to take one for the team if I stroll up to him with a few kilos of plastic explosive and a deadman's switch in my hand? I guarantee you that if I say to him... "Start running now" and give him a glimpse, he's not going to stop me. And even if he tries, he dies, and maybe I take out some load bearing pillars as well.
Nope, this sort of thing isn't that useful. Maybe it makes people _feel_ a bit safer... but you sure as hell _aren't_ safer from a determined person who puts their life secondary to taking you out.
Nope, whatever the solution is, it isn't this. This serves other causes, and I think the people who impose these sorts of rules know it. I'm not adressing the whole "conspiracy to remove privacy" bit here, but I think a previous post says it quite well... they're using this as an excuse. Which is kinda sad, really.
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Surely not if you compress it and _then_ encrypt it?
Surely this sort of thing isn't really going to affect the determined terrorist from getting in anyway. Sure, you stop them from getting their bombs in that way, but what about all the goods that are travelling in and out anyway?
And what about the sleepers. The people that have been in America for the past couple of years living their lives... what if they get a job doing janitorial work, and they bring their bombs in beforehand?
And most importantly, if I'm a terrorist or group of terrorists willing to die, you think a fricking security guard is going to stop me at the gate? You think a security guard is going to take one for the team if I stroll up to him with a few kilos of plastic explosive and a deadman's switch in my hand? I guarantee you that if I say to him... "Start running now" and give him a glimpse, he's not going to stop me. And even if he tries, he dies, and maybe I take out some load bearing pillars as well.
Nope, this sort of thing isn't that useful. Maybe it makes people _feel_ a bit safer... but you sure as hell _aren't_ safer from a determined person who puts their life secondary to taking you out.
Nope, whatever the solution is, it isn't this. This serves other causes, and I think the people who impose these sorts of rules know it. I'm not adressing the whole "conspiracy to remove privacy" bit here, but I think a previous post says it quite well... they're using this as an excuse. Which is kinda sad, really.
And who, in the end, gets to be free here?