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0 pointsthemeek11y ago0 comments

There's other threads here were people suggest this.

It seems pretty speculative to me that there's some large database with all of the mandated software backdoors and keys to get access to. And if it existed, I don't know that it would be such a large threat.

Certainly security bugs and professionals inside of industry are targeted by hackers already.

Given everything else, I don't know how large an issue this is (compared to say, hacking nuclear defense systems, energy grid, military C2C, etc).

It would be interesting to see whether this is considered a threat scenario by the USG.

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yellowapple11y ago· 1 in thread

> It seems pretty speculative to me that there's some large database with all of the mandated software backdoors and keys to get access to.

You overestimate the competence of government agencies.

> Given everything else, I don't know how large an issue this is

A significantly large issue, seeing as it puts the safety of the vast majority of Americans at risk by exposing their personal information (everything from banking information to patient records to their precise movements).

> It would be interesting to see whether this is considered a threat scenario by the USG.

If it's not, then I've lost any sliver of confidence in the Feds that I might have had previously.

themeekOP11y ago

What's interesting to me is how divergent your speculative threat model is from what Washington is talking about.

How fully do your think your threat model addresses the scope of national security concerns of the United States?

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