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minus-squareunknown1234_5@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThere is no ‘lawful access’ without a warrant or my permission. there aren’t laws saying padlocks need to support a government master key, and encryption is just a digital lock.
minus-squareOctagon9561@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThat’s literally what TSA approved locks are… Of course the master keys are freely available to everyone.
minus-squareunknown1234_5@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoyeah, which is why we need to make sure that doesn’t happen to other locks (and make the TSA start doing security instead of security theater).
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWith a pad lock they do have a key though. Bolt cutters.
minus-squareunknown1234_5@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBolt cutters are not a key, they are a method of bypassing the lock. they still need a warrant to do that, which is the point.
There is no ‘lawful access’ without a warrant or my permission. there aren’t laws saying padlocks need to support a government master key, and encryption is just a digital lock.
That’s literally what TSA approved locks are… Of course the master keys are freely available to everyone.
yeah, which is why we need to make sure that doesn’t happen to other locks (and make the TSA start doing security instead of security theater).
With a pad lock they do have a key though. Bolt cutters.
Bolt cutters are not a key, they are a method of bypassing the lock. they still need a warrant to do that, which is the point.