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FBI: End-to-End Encryption Is an Infectious Problem
Just in case there were any lingering doubts about U.S. law enforcement's stance on end-to-end encryption, which prevents information from being read by anyone but its intended recipient, FBI executive assistant director Amy Hess told the Wall Street Journal this week that its use "is a problem that infects law enforcement and the intelligence community more and more so every day."
The quote was published in a piece about efforts from the UK, Australia and India to undermine end-to-end encryption. All three countries have passed or proposed legislation that compels tech companies to supply certain information to government agencies. The laws vary in their specifics, including restrictions on to what information law enforcement can request access, but the gist is that they don't want any data to be completely inaccessible.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @06:58PM (1 child)
By the time you're in court arguing against the police's version of the story and what's probable cause then you've already been punished. The cop however may even be getting paid overtime to show up to court and in the event that things start looking like there could be personal repercussions they'll have their lawyers deal with it and you'll have a hard time paying for an attorney that has the same level of expertise arguing things like probable cause.
After that you'll need to move or else you're getting pulled over for "swerving" and then getting searched for the "suspicious odor" in your car every single time your plate pops up on their buddy's automated plate scanner.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @07:01PM
Forgot to finish this thought. If you have to defend yourself in court you've already been punished.