![](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://cctubes.com/video/why-the-government-shouldnt-break-whatsapp/&media=https://cctubes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/why-the-government-shouldnt-brea.jpg&description=Captions provided by CCTubes - Captioning the Internet! Encryption backdoors - breaking WhatsApp and iMessage's security to let the government stop Bad Things - sounds like a reasonable idea. Here's why it isn't.
CREDITS:
Filmed at the Cambridge Centre for Computing History: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/
Camera by Tomek: https://www.youtube.com/tomek
Thanks to everyone who helped proofread my script!
REFERENCES:
WhatsApp's privacy protections questioned after terror attack: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39405178
WhatsApp must be accessible to authorities, says Amber Rudd: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/26/intelligence-services-access-whatsapp-amber-rudd-westminster-attack-encrypted-messaging
UK government renews calls for WhatsApp backdoor after London attack: https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/27/15070744/encryption-whatsapp-backdoor-uk-london-attacks
Investigatory Powers Act: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/contents/enacted
India is 'ready to use' Blackberry message intercept system: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23265091
Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security
Councils secretly spied on people walking dogs and feeding birds for five years: http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/26/councils-secretly-spied-on-people-walking-dogs-and-feeding-birds-for-five-years-6345051/
[This is basically a rephrase of https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/25/british-councils-used-investigatory-powers-ripa-to-secretly-spy-on-public with a better headline]
Poole council spies on family over school claim: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584713/Poole-council-spies-on-family-over-school-claim.html
Security services missed five opportunities to stop the Manchester bomber: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/24/security-services-missed-five-opportunities-stop-manchester/
Reuters reference to "500 active investigations": http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-manchester-plots-idUSKBN18L1H0
AP: Across US, police officers abuse confidential databases: https://apnews.com/699236946e3140659fff8a2362e16f43/ap-across-us-police-officers-abuse-confidential-databases
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Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! Encryption backdoors – breaking WhatsApp and iMessage’s security to let the government stop Bad Things – sounds like a reasonable idea. Here’s why it isn’t.
CREDITS:
Filmed at the Cambridge Centre for Computing History: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/
Camera by Tomek: https://www.youtube.com/tomek
Thanks to everyone who helped proofread my script!
REFERENCES:
WhatsApp’s privacy protections questioned after terror attack: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39405178
WhatsApp must be accessible to authorities, says Amber Rudd: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/26/intelligence-services-access-whatsapp-amber-rudd-westminster-attack-encrypted-messaging
UK government renews calls for WhatsApp backdoor after London attack: https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/27/15070744/encryption-whatsapp-backdoor-uk-london-attacks
Investigatory Powers Act: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/contents/enacted
India is ‘ready to use’ Blackberry message intercept system: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23265091
Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security
Councils secretly spied on people walking dogs and feeding birds for five years: http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/26/councils-secretly-spied-on-people-walking-dogs-and-feeding-birds-for-five-years-6345051/
[This is basically a rephrase of https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/25/british-councils-used-investigatory-powers-ripa-to-secretly-spy-on-public with a better headline]
Poole council spies on family over school claim: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584713/Poole-council-spies-on-family-over-school-claim.html
Security services missed five opportunities to stop the Manchester bomber: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/24/security-services-missed-five-opportunities-stop-manchester/
Reuters reference to “500 active investigations”: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-manchester-plots-idUSKBN18L1H0
AP: Across US, police officers abuse confidential databases: https://apnews.com/699236946e3140659fff8a2362e16f43/ap-across-us-police-officers-abuse-confidential-databases
ME:
I’m at http://tomscott.com
on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tomscott
on Facebook at http://facebook.com/tomscott
and on Snapchat and Instagram as tomscottgo
