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At last – Feds crack down on crummy encryption … starting with your dentist
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has struck a $250,000 settlement package in its case accusing a medical software developer of lying about its data encryption capabilities. The makers of Dentrix G5, an office and records tool for dentists, had been accused of lying to customers about the encryption capabilities of the …
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Wednesday 6th January 2016 21:55 GMT Anonymous Coward
I don't get it
Why would anyone roll their own crap encryption algorithm when there are perfectly good ones available off the shelf in standard software libraries? I can understand someone screwing up the implementation, but not going to the trouble of devising some bespoke weak obfuscation method themselves.
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Wednesday 6th January 2016 22:36 GMT fidodogbreath
Clearly, FTC did not ask FBI about this
Why would FTC encourage dentists to use strong encryption?!?
If dentists are allowed to use strong encryption, then terrorist dentists will "go dark." The three-letter agencies will no longer be able to keep us safe.
WE COULD ALL BE KILLED BY TERRORIST DENTISTS!!!!!
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Thursday 7th January 2016 03:14 GMT a_yank_lurker
Re: Nanny State
The issue is false advertising not caveat emptor. Caveat emptor means one should do reasonable due diligence. But with some products it is impossible for the average person to have the skills and equipment to properly test the advertising claims. As an IT worker, I have a working idea about encryption but do not have the skills to full assess advertising claims on encryption. The typical dentist or doctor knows less about encryption than I do; a case of the almost completely blind leading the totally blind.