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The FBI's director says the agency is collecting data that he will present next year in hopes of sparking a national conversation about law enforcement's increasing inability to access encrypted electronic devices.
Speaking on Friday at the American Bar Association conference in San Francisco, James Comey says the agency was unable to access 650 of 5,000 electronic devices investigators attempted to search over the last 10 months.
Comey says encryption technology makes it impossible in a growing number of cases to search electronic devices. He says it's up to U.S. citizens to decide whether to modify the technology.
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-chief-calls-national-talk-over-encryption-vs-safety-n624101
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 07 2016, @03:57AM
Remember when we had all that encryption-is-a-munition stuff? Remember how the best and brightest in the country were being wooed to leave the country where they could do their work? Remember t-shirts with encryption code on them in perl?
Comey, the best case scenario is that you will drive the exact people you cry about wanting to be able to hire out of the country, and you will leave the US of A worse off in terms of international competition, in terms of encryption technologies, in terms of being able to simply protect itself.
Of course this is all consistent with your persistent crapping on the bill of rights, so maybe rather than being all surprised we should simply elect someone who will hang you for treason. Judging by your selective recommendations on prosecution, that would not be Clinton.
(Score: 3, Informative) by anubi on Sunday August 07 2016, @08:54AM
I really wonder if anyone has the mindset and driven for this kind of stuff, would this kind if individual be tolerated in the workplace?
For instance, would a student of +Fravia and +ORC ( or even knew who these people were ) be considered for a classified position?
My personal observation is the government establishments are looking more for someone who looks good in a suit, has a good firm business handshake, and knows not to rock the boat - no matter what they see coming up.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Sunday August 07 2016, @07:51PM
Unfortunately, while I believe you could make a very good case for malfeasance, it doesn't meet the constitutional definition of treason.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 08 2016, @02:26AM
Intentionally weakening encryption to allow enemies easier access to our systems wouldn't count to you as giving aid to our enemies? Because thats how I see it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 08 2016, @06:40AM
The enemies can be foreign or domestic. The government is trying to completely destroy the highest law of the land, which sure seems like treason to me.