> devices should have government-mandated backdoors if and only if you are a public servant
This would be an intelligence bonanza.
Better: mandatory, encrypted logging. Officials maintain the keys. When they leave office or are subpoenaed, they have the means to grant access. (If they can send and read their messages, they have the keys.)
This is how NARA in the U.S. is supposed to work.
> This would be an intelligence bonanza.
And ideally an illustration to those in power why backdoors are never a good thing. They won't care if it's not happening to them. But if their devices are suddenly incredibly insecure due to their backdoors, they might just rethink the concept entirely.
> if their devices are suddenly incredibly insecure due to their backdoors, they might just rethink the concept entirely
A hypothesis I would have bought until seeing our current White House's opsec.
> This would be an intelligence bonanza.
If you're wanting to do it with all citizens, why not start with public officials? It's no worse than your desired end state
They'll just use a private device or off network server. I don't think we're going to "hack" our way into a just society.
It's even more of an intelligence bonanza when it's done to the private citizens! That's the point of trying to do it!