ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDo you think law enforcement should use encryption on their radios (for security purposes)? Or should they not be allowed to encrypt their communications (for transparency purposes)? Why?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareDo you think law enforcement should use encryption on their radios (for security purposes)? Or should they not be allowed to encrypt their communications (for transparency purposes)? Why?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoEverybody can push “send” on some random device and say “I am your President. Now listen…” …unless they use encryption.
minus-squarecoherent_domain@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt is really about signing the message than encrypting the message, in this specific scenario.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago“The presidential broadcast today is signed with the words, Tourniquet Faster Inedible Swan Shelf Overturn Cactus. Alternatively, please scan the following Morse Code with your device…”
minus-squareMTK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYou are confusing encryption with Authentication, while it is true that they usually come together to a degree, they are not the same
Everybody can push “send” on some random device and say “I am your President. Now listen…”
…unless they use encryption.
It is really about signing the message than encrypting the message, in this specific scenario.
“The presidential broadcast today is signed with the words, Tourniquet Faster Inedible Swan Shelf Overturn Cactus. Alternatively, please scan the following Morse Code with your device…”
You are confusing encryption with Authentication, while it is true that they usually come together to a degree, they are not the same