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		rightbyte on Sept 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK pulls back from clash with Big Tech over privat... Ye I find it somewhat amusing that sharing a private key with the government is technically impossible. I guess you could be philosophical about whether it is private though, in that case. Anyway, I am gladly surprised they seem to back off.

ncallaway on Sept 6, 2023 [–]

The part that's technically impossible is _keeping that key secure_.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/master-key-for-tsa-approved-locks...

More importantly, the thing that's technically impossible is a scheme to detect that the key has become compromised before it is used maliciously.

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