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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: 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.