by Dennis Fisher Posted on 10/20/2014
The FBI has long said that the use of strong encryption software hampers the bureau’s investigations and makes life easier for criminals. Current FBI Director James Comey continued this line of reasoning in a speech on Oct. 17, saying that the use of crypto could lead the country to a dark place, and the EFF and others said Monday that the FBI’s notions about encryption are outdated and naive.
Last week, Comey said in a forum at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C., that recent changes to Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android mobile operating systems that enable device encryption by default threatened to make mobile devices safe havens for criminals.
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