Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Insurgents Intercepting Predator Video? No Problem

From Wired.com: Insurgents Intercepting Predator Video? No Problem
by Legendary Security expert, Bruce Schneier

 Contrast this with the additional risks if you encrypt: A soldier in the field doesn't have access to the real-time video because of a key management failure; a UAV can't be quickly deployed to a new area because the keys aren't in place; we can't share the video information with our allies because we can't give them the keys; most soldiers can't use this technology because they don't have the right clearances. Given this risk analysis, not encrypting the video is almost certainly the right decision.

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