Harvard academician approved the United States to encrypt the manufacturer to open a government-specific back door is not feasible

Harvard academician Bruce Schneier surveyed 865 items on the market in the United States containing encrypted software and hardware products. Among them, up to 546 items, accounting for 2/3 of the relevant encryption products came from 54 countries outside the United States.


One study pointed out that in the case that most of the encryption technology suppliers are from different countries, the US government hopes that it is not practical to require the company's encryption products to provide a "back door" for government reconnaissance.

The survey was conducted by Bruce Schneier, an academician of the Berkman Center for Internet and Technology, and other security research experts. The survey analyzed 865 software and hardware products containing encryption technology found in the US market.

Research and analysis pointed out that there are up to 546 items, accounting for 2/3 of the relevant encryption products from 54 countries outside the United States.

Research host Schneier said that if the US government insists on promoting the encryption backdoor policy, it is equivalent to making it difficult for US local security products to face competition from foreign countries, because the encryption market itself is highly internationalized.

The report also pointed out that even if the product originated from which country, many manufacturers' products have a certain degree of jurisdictional flexibility, that is, they store the source code of the product in different countries at the same time, or provide it in the form of service. Encryption services are provided by servers located in different jurisdictions to flexibly adjust to regulatory compliance risks in specific countries and to store source code or provide services in countries where regulations are more developed.

Bruce Schneier bluntly said that the government hopes that simplifying the investigation of crimes through legislation is too wishful. "It seems that they will catch criminals who are stupid enough to use encryption products with backdoors, or they are too lazy to switch to other products." Criminal.