[liberationtech] What would you reply to this?

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Alex Nicholson  10:43 AMCurious what others think about this... this past week
@Jason Calacanis (launch.co) talked about the need for all-user end-to-end
encryption on services like Zoom in China, and basically anyone operating in or
through China, because of the Chinese govt’s likelihood of intercepting and/or
interfering with communications as it likes. However, I would argue that the
conversation is severely under-estimating the sophistication of the Chinese
govt. The US’s NSA can crack any encryption in the world and listen to any
communications it wants. Why would we think China’s version of the NSA is any
less sophisticated? Commercial encryption prevents interception by hackers and
criminals, low-level operations without the budgets or resources of state
actors. The intelligence services of major world powers have the skills and
tools to crack any company’s best attempt at encryption. So what does it matter
if a service like Zoom or anything touching China is encrypted or not? If it
touches Chinese soil, fibers, or airspace, it can be read by their govt. If it’s
encrypted, it prob  won’t be read by criminals and civilian hackers only.
Thoughts?
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