Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/10/child-exploitation-and-the-crypto-wars.html

Susan Landau published an excellent essay on the current justification for the government breaking end-to-end-encryption: child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE). She puts the debate into historical context, discusses the problem of CSAE, and explains why breaking encryption isn’t the solution.