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Things have been relatively quiet on the “crypto wars” front, which makes me think we’re going to see something dramatic soon. Maybe not here in the US, but probably from another US-allied country.
The question is *what*. Encrypted messaging seems to be proliferating and there are now many alternatives, from Apple, Meta, Signal. Many of those companies have threatened to leave countries that ban it. I have a hard time seeing any US-aligned country wipe that out.
Local device encryption seems to be ubiquitous now. It’s really hard to see a country demanding that phones become unencrypted. There would be huge pushback globally. So again, where is the weak link that governments can push on?
The one place where end-to-end encryption is “weakest”, ie where deployment rates are lowest, is *cloud backup*. This is, coincidentally, one of the best places for governments to obtain data.
@matthew_d_green Makes me wonder if gov pressure might be behind some of the constant demands to e.g. turn on google photo cloud sync.
Or if it's just google wanting more data to train their AIs on.