Security News > 2020 > May > Why building backdoors into encryption won’t make us safer
2020-05-26 05:30
While encryption can come in many forms, it always comes with the same goal: protecting data confidentiality.
End-to-end encryption achieves that goal by setting up an encrypted channel where only the client applications themselves have access to the decryption keys.
In the case of encryption-at-rest, the user's password or PIN acts as the encryption key.
Australia even managed to pass legislation in 2018 that allows them to force companies to create backdoors in their encryption.
Journalists rely on encryption to protect themselves and their sources from oppressive governments.
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