Police Are Increasingly Encrypting Their Radios to Block Scrutiny by Journalists
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Press advocates say that the surge in encryption is a reaction to the demand for police accountability after 2020.

Press advocates say that the surge in encryption is a reaction to the demand for police accountability after 2020.

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  • doodledup@lemmy.world
    143·
    5 months ago

    Backdoors to encryption don’t exist. A backdoor is basically just breaking the encryption. If a journalist can use it, anyone else can too.

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
      111·
      5 months ago

      You are taking “back door” too literally. If you give a journalist one of the communication devices, they have a “back door” into your encrypted communication, yet the encryption isn’t broken.