Security Showerthinking (x-post from /v/Technology): Encryption Backdoors presume "Security through Obscurity" ( conspiracy )

submitted by pitenius

I've been studying some networking and security points and something is lacking from the discussion of backdoors to encryption. This is a form of the "security through obscurity" against which novices are warned. Why don't people make a bigger deal of this?

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Because its a silly and impossible notion to enforce.

Encryption is simply Math. You cannot stop someone from multiplying prime numbers in the case of RSA.

Lets say they came out with an Algorithm that had a back door in it. ANYONE can STILL use RSA to encrypt the contents of the message being sent! It doesn't make any sense!

The shills that tote around that we need to "ban encryption" are so disconnected from reality, its sad that these people believe they are in any position of power.

Don't be worried. At all. Encryption/Math will never be threatened. Even when new forms of computing arise in the future there will be new algorithms.