Joseph Cox on Nostr: Senator Wyden is urging National Counterintelligence and Security Center to warn ...
Senator Wyden is urging National Counterintelligence and Security Center to warn public about these backdoors, especially considering U.S. businesses may need to protect trade secrets. An infosec pro I spoke to said users often don't know about the codes
Sometimes the backdoor codes are disclosed to end users, but many times they're not in part because the locks are sold downstream to other manufacturers. We quote ia document saying end users may not be told about the codes
Think there's a parallel between this and the encryption backdoor debate. Here, DoD knows about a vulnerability, decides not to tell public. Public ends up as "second class citizens" regarding security. Would a consumer phone backdoor be treated the same?
https://www.404media.co/massively-popular-safe-locks-have-secret-backdoor-codes/
Sometimes the backdoor codes are disclosed to end users, but many times they're not in part because the locks are sold downstream to other manufacturers. We quote ia document saying end users may not be told about the codes
Think there's a parallel between this and the encryption backdoor debate. Here, DoD knows about a vulnerability, decides not to tell public. Public ends up as "second class citizens" regarding security. Would a consumer phone backdoor be treated the same?
https://www.404media.co/massively-popular-safe-locks-have-secret-backdoor-codes/