Sir Andrew Parker on Counterterrorism Access to Private Communications

This Guardian piece entitled MI5 chief asks tech firms for 'exceptional access' to encrypted messages


I hope that the answer is "No, not without accountability", which is impossible in the face of illegal international collusion between national intelligence agencies, see George Galloway on Assange Extradition Hearing and the inherent insecurities in the telecommunications systems available to the general public, see George Galloway on Publishing Stolen Information. It is quite possible, however. See Reconciling The People's Rights to Privacy with National Security. provided we are allowed to make secure telecommunications systems universally available. See Werner Herzog on The Internet.

As regards Parker's statement that communications between terrorists cannot be effectively controlled, it seems that he has simply not been very well briefed.


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