China is forcing Encryption Keys be given to the government

AZgl1500 · Dec 28, 2015

Here is the USA, privacy is still considered to be of top priority.

but, it seems that in China the rules have been upset....

I use Evernote to store my important papers 'in the cloud'....
up to now, it has been a secure place to stay.... since their servers are based in California, we are probably okay....
but, in China?
hmmmm

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/12/china-law-hand-over-encryption-keys/

psionandy · Dec 28, 2015

Following in the footsteps of the American government then, as they have also demanded that encryption keys need to be handed over...

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/20/why-did-lavabit-shut-down-snowden-email

Which is why many companies refuse to store cloud data on servers that are based in California... or any part of the US

AZgl1500 · Dec 28, 2015

ah yes, but so far, there have only been two server hosts to my knowledge that have caved in to the CIA spies...

for what I have, there ain't a damn thing that will be of any interest to them, unless they like motorcycles and the passwords to this forum

psionandy · Dec 28, 2015

Yes, but the US Government has been using National Security Letters which by their very nature include gagging orders that prevent people talking about when they've been issued. So the fact that you only know of 2 hosts, may just mean that the letters are working.

(Here's another one for you.... exactly who cooperated with whom is a bit vague, but someone must have been helping them http://www.zdnet.com/article/snowden-docs-reveal-spy-agencies-sim-encryption-key-theft/ )

Without hero's like the EFF and Edward Snowden we'd know even less of what they are doing. In a strange way at least the Chinese government are being honest about what they are doing (and I hate the fact that I was able to write that last sentence).

mikedt · Dec 28, 2015

Perhaps this thread would be more appropriate for P&CA than Android Lounge, as it's not really all about Android IMO.

psionandy · Dec 29, 2015

I think we're still in the land of technology rather than Politics at the moment, but whenever its decided that we're not, I'm sure the mods will file it away.

Anyway... In other news. No need to worry about pesky encryption getting in the way of getting access to your files system.

“The gold standard in disk encryption is end-to-end encryption, where only you can unlock your disk. This is what most companies use, and it seems to work well,” says Matthew Green, professor of cryptography at Johns Hopkins University.
“But handing your keys to a company like Microsoft fundamentally changes the security properties of a disk encryption system.”
"Your computer is now only as secure as that database of keys held by Microsoft, which means it may be vulnerable to hackers, foreign governments, and people who can extort Microsoft employees.”

https://theintercept.com/2015/12/28...r-microsoft-probably-has-your-encryption-key/

electricpete · Dec 31, 2015

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