The Crypto wars are not over. Governments regularly try to weaken public encryption tools.
In this week's newsletter, I interview @Mer__edith, president of Signal encrypted messaging app about how we got here.
If Signal was a pen-maker, she said, no one would expect it to turn over all the writing generated by its pens.
"I don’t think we have much of a chance for a livable future if we don’t have a truly private means to communicate with each other."
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/01/07/back-into-the-trenches-of-the-crypto-wars
@Julia @Mer__edith Well, yes, and I agree, but I think the analogy is invalid. If Signal made internet-enabled pens that recorded everything written with them and sent it back to some central database, governments absolutely *would* expect access to that, however much of an invasion that was. If Signal made just standard pens it would be impossible.
@VoxDei @Julia @Mer__edith the trick is not to have a database
