Tech industry had lobbied President Barack Obama to take a stand against any dilution of encryption
12 October 2015 By John Ribeiro
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The US government will not seek legislation at this point to counter the encryption of communications by many technology services and product vendors, but will work on a compromise with industry, a senior US official has said.
“The administration is not seeking legislation at this time,” Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said in a statement before a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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The President made the right move at this stage in time. I believe there was sufficient pressure to persuade him otherwise.
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By Andy Greenberg,
Late last week, the privacy community scored a victory in a year-long battle over the future of encryption: In internal discussions, the White House quietly overruled law enforcement and intelligence officials, deciding that it won’t pursue a policy of pushing tech companies to put “backdoors” in their encryption that would allow government agencies to access decrypted private data. That’s going to make it harder for the FBI to access private data, but they’ve still got plenty of other ways in.
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/cops-dont-need-encryption-backdoor-to-hack-iphones/
Late last week, the privacy community scored a victory in a year-long battle over the future of encryption: In internal discussions, the White House quietly overruled law enforcement and intelligence officials, deciding that it won’t pursue a policy of pushing tech companies to put “backdoors” in their encryption that would allow government agencies to access decrypted private data. That’s going to make it harder for the FBI to access private data, but they’ve still got plenty of other ways in.
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/cops-dont-need-encryption-backdoor-to-hack-iphones/
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