Comment by ben_w
20 hours ago
The government put in restrictions against using certain powers in the Investigatory Powers Act to spy on members of parliament (unless the Prime Minister says so, section 26), so I think they're just oblivious to the risk model of "when hackers are involved, the computer isn't capable of knowing the order wasn't legal".
Absolutely not, MPs are not too stupid to process the concept of “a back door is a back door” they simply want this power and do not care about security or privacy if non-MPs. Everyone who voted for this needs to be thrown out of politics, but that will obviously not happen.
That actually shows they understand and care because they don't want the law to apply to them. They don't care about its effects on other people.
No, it shows they're thinking of computers like they think of police officers.
Computer literacy 101: to err is human, to really foul up requires a computer.
They don't understand that by requiring the capability for going after domestic criminals, they've given a huge gift to their international adversaries' intelligence agencies. (And given this is about a computer vulnerability, "international adversaries" includes terrorists, and possibly disgruntled teenagers, not just governments).
They understand. Signal Foundation's president, Meredith Whittaker, among many other tech leaders, have made it abundantly clear to both the UK and the EU.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/21/meredith-whittaker-reaffir...
If politicians don't understand after such campaigning, it's a choice in willful ignorance, not bad computer literacy.
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I think it could be for both reasons