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FBI Chief Calls for National Talk Over Encryption vs. Safety

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday August 07 2016, @02:46AM   
from the sour-grapes dept.

MrPlow writes:

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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

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Original Submission

• There is no vs. (Score: 3, Insightful) by Refugee from beyond on Sunday August 07 2016, @01:32PM

  by Refugee from beyond (2699) on Sunday August 07 2016, @01:32PM (#384956)

  Encryption is safety.

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