Public Accountability vs Secret Law: Can They Coexist
summary
Claims a workable system that makes secret surveillance orders auditable while keeping contents hidden, using a public immutable ledger plus zero-knowledge proofs and MPC. Implements SNARKs and off‑the‑shelf MPC libraries, benchmarks show practical costs (tested up to ~300 judges; hierarchical MPC across 12 appellate circuits scales much better). Cites ~28,000 FISA warrant applications (nearly 1,000 secret cases/year), notes judges often never unseal orders, flags malicious companies or agencies and admits collusion and coding of laws remain unsolved.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 0:33Practical Accountability of Secret Processes
- 5:23Disclosure of a surveillance order during the course of a criminal investigation would...be self-defeating
- 7:42Problem 3
- 8:34Judge Smith Proposal
- 12:55Threat Model
- 21:29MPC for Agregation: Hierarchical Win
- 23:19MPC for Threshold: Hierarchical Win
- 24:44Argument Generation and Verification Time
- 29:08What secret laws?
- 30:32Desiderata
- 30:573. Public auditability
- 31:08Cryptographic tools
- 31:24Remark 1. Codifying the law is a complex issue.
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