End-to-End Encryption and “Going Dark”

2026-07-24T07:23:40Z6b51ce8d4cd6ed04ef3a779ae8ab6f84f9607ee86c1f237cb6c9687364c6b02e
2FA social engineeringLPRai surveillancealgorithmic liabilitydata minimizationemail compromiseencryption policyend-to-end encryptionfacial recognitionfalse arrestgoing darkhardware sensorsidentity theftimaging sensorslawful accesslicense plate readersmisidentificationprivacy policyresearch historyvideo cameras

What happened

Collection of Bruce Schneier blog posts (July 2026) covering the renewed policy debate over end-to-end encryption and lawful access; a first-person identity‑theft account that highlights the danger of email account compromise and social‑engineered 2FA codes; deployment and privacy concerns around large-scale AI video surveillance at MIT; a misidentification/arrest caused by Flock license‑plate‑reading cameras and attendant LPR accuracy risks; historical notes on Alan Turing’s Delilah voice‑encryption project; policy proposals for privacy in the AI era (data‑minimization, liability, fiduciary/5

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2026-07-24T07:23:40Z
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