> As long as the government can keep a private key secure...
Which government? Software crosses borders.
You can bet that if the US mandated a back door to be inserted into software that was being exported to another country, that country would want to either have the master key for that back door, or a different version of the software with a different back door or without the back door. A software user could choose the version of the software that they wanted to use according to which country (if any) could snoop on them. It's unworkable.
Which government? Software crosses borders.
You can bet that if the US mandated a back door to be inserted into software that was being exported to another country, that country would want to either have the master key for that back door, or a different version of the software with a different back door or without the back door. A software user could choose the version of the software that they wanted to use according to which country (if any) could snoop on them. It's unworkable.