AI's bug-fixing prowess may push governments toward encryption backdoors

Cryptography researcher Matthew Green argues that AI's growing ability to identify and patch software vulnerabilities could drastically reduce exploitable flaws. This might strip law enforcement of their lawful hacking capabilities, potentially reviving demands for built-in backdoors in consumer devices. The shift could undermine the current balance between privacy and surveillance.

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The current balance relies on a tacit truce: governments avoid demanding backdoors, instead purchasing zero-day exploits and spyware to bypass encryption. This arrangement emerged after