Facebook to Allow Private Encryption Keys for Members, Infuriating Law Enforcement!

[grasswire]

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-adds-public-encryption-key-user-profile-email-pgp-2015-6

This hardened stance is frustrating law enforcement, who fear they will lose access to vital evidence. When Apple announced it would implement strong encryption on its iOS mobile operating system, for example, one senior US police officer claimed the iPhone "will become the phone of choice for the pedophile." But Apple argues that it is imperative that it protects users' privacy, with CEO Tim Cook saying the company has "never worked with any government agency from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products or services... And we never will."

Facebook has previously operated an "onion site" that lets users access the social network via Tor, a network only accessible by a special web browser that obscures users' identities. Now, the site's security team announced today in a note, users will be able to add their "public keys" to their profiles to encourage others to contact them using encryption.

Public keys are how people communicate with most popular encryption products. Every user has a public and a private key — the public is shared freely, while the private is kept secret.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Eeeek! Pedophiles!

We gotta secure everything! We gotta let the cops move in under the bed to keep the monsters out!

And terrorists! Gotta stop them terrorists.

Our freedoms are threatened. Gotta turn all our freedoms over to the Proper Authorities for safekeeping.

[PowerToThePeople]

2. Gnupg. :-)

https://www.gnupg.org

I think everyone should take advantage of this. Wish more vendors would advertise and ease implementation of strong encryption.