“The encryption backdoor argument has been made and soundly rejected many times, most notably in the 1990s, when the government wanted the Clipper Chip, a requirement for a back door in technology for law enforcement and national security officials to use. A report by a group of leading security experts concluded that installing back doors would undermine security by creating an enormous vulnerability: ‘If law enforcement’s keys guaranteed access to everything, an attacker who gained access to these keys would enjoy the same privilege.'”
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