Should Governments Have Backdoor Access to Encrypted Devices? — Jason Michael Perry

Should law enforcement have a backdoor to our phones or digital worlds? This question seems to pop up every few years, often following a tragic event—in this case, the phone of an attempted assassin.

In my opinion, end-to-end encryption makes a backdoor impossible, as any method to design one would create a loophole that hackers could exploit to access information. For example, consider the TSA’s requirement to have access to all luggage. The idea was that only TSA officials would have a backdoor key to open luggage, keeping it safe. However, like many well-intentioned plans, that key is now easily available on the internet, meaning no luggage is actually safe.

So far, there’s no news on whether this is an iPhone or an Android device, but let’s see. Where do you stand? Should end-to-end encryption be allowed without exceptions? Should governments have the right to require backdoors into encryption?

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