Security, Encryption, and You
This short presentation was done in response to the renewed calls for government access to communications after ISIS terrorist attacks against Paris on 13 Nov 2015.
Security, Encryption, and You
Business Builders
San Fernando Valley
Leonard Daly
17 December 2015
This is the 21st Century
- Electronic Business, Transactions, and Communications are now the norm
- People expect to send and receive messages in private
- Banking
- Medical records
- Personal messages
- Business communications
- Banking
- All are secured with encyrption
Your Data and Access are Now Mobile
Standard messages are encrypted
All data on phone can be encrypted
Multiple Leaks Pushed Encryption
- NSA leaks from Edward Snowden
- Multiple commercial releases of private information
- Pushed by consumers and businesses
Renewed Calls for Access
- Terrorist attackes in Paris (2015-11-13) renewed calls for more government monitoring of all communication
- Multiple claims for a "backdoor" to access messages and devices
"... if you create a product that allows evil monsters to communicate in this way, ... that is a big problem. So we need high tech’s help in securing an internet that even with a court order you can’t get to what they’re saying. That’s a big problem."
Sen. Diane Feinstein, interview with MSNBC (16 Nov 2015)
Why it's Wrong
- Encryption locks communications
- "Back-doors" are available to anyone
Access
- The Government would not be the only one with access
- Using the decryption process is not a skilled operation
- Access to communications are available to all
- Anyone with money, power, or luck will have access to all messages, transactions, etc.