I know it’s only a joke, but this comment highlights something that many folk in power seem to forget.
Houses and their doormats are in a single physical location that has an unambiguous legal jurisdiction. In any given country, if you break into a house you are subject to that country’s laws.
Not so with the Internet. It’s very difficult to legislate for something like this because other countries’ laws can just ignore you, and you have no power over those countries and their laws. So, making things physically secure is far more effective than legislation, especially when it comes to the Internet.
It’s not only a joke, it’s an analogy to show how stupid the claims of politicians are, that they want to have a backdoor for law enforcement.
Of course the analogy isn’t perfect for the reasons you describe, and those reasons makes it actually worse.
I know it’s only a joke, but this comment highlights something that many folk in power seem to forget.
Houses and their doormats are in a single physical location that has an unambiguous legal jurisdiction. In any given country, if you break into a house you are subject to that country’s laws.
Not so with the Internet. It’s very difficult to legislate for something like this because other countries’ laws can just ignore you, and you have no power over those countries and their laws. So, making things physically secure is far more effective than legislation, especially when it comes to the Internet.
It’s not only a joke, it’s an analogy to show how stupid the claims of politicians are, that they want to have a backdoor for law enforcement.
Of course the analogy isn’t perfect for the reasons you describe, and those reasons makes it actually worse.