Why Are We Fighting the Crypto Wars Again?
The premise of the crypto wars are that we don't really have a right to encryption.Shouldn't we stop pussyfooting around this issue and instead demand that encryption is a fundamental right just as freedom of speech is a fundamental right?Since everything we say and do today involves computers and the Internet, we can't have free speech, privacy, liberty, or personal security without encryption.We should assert that right. We should have the right to use encryption for our communications and to secure our documents at rest, and never be compelled to reveal a key or passphrase. Doesn't this sound like something that would have been in the Bill of Rights if it were written today?We can still mention all the other reasons why encryption is good and beneficial, but always starting our conversations with the words: encryption is a fundamental right.