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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday March 16 2017, @09:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the compelling-truth dept.

Last week FBI Director James Comey at the Boston College conference on cybersecurity stated:

While that quote in the article is taken out of context, it is even more disturbing when taken in context. The included video puts the quote in context where Comey is arguing against widespread access to strong encryption with the public. There are other quotes included as well that are just as disturbing, such as:

Even our communications with our spouses, with our clergy members, with our attorneys are not absolutely private in America... ...In appropriate circumstances, a judge can compel any one of us to testify in court about those very private communications.

Is this the "adult conversation" on encryption he was getting ready for last year?


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday March 17 2017, @02:24AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 17 2017, @02:24AM (#480161) Journal

    You know - I've heard that many times. But, I've never heard or seen a reliable source for that common accusation. I'm not disputing that it happened, or even that it still happens. I'd just like to see some evidence that it's true. Photographs of half a dozen signed blank warrants in a cop's patrol car would help. A court case that establishes the practice as fact. Something. Basically, all I've ever seen or heard are anecdotes from questionably reliable sources.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 17 2017, @04:15AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 17 2017, @04:15AM (#480201)

    Yeah. I'll go with that.
    Aren't judges required to log what warrants they issue and what those are for?
    Even a Notary Public has to record what it is that he's notarizing.

    This sounds like a good way for a judge to get censured, disbarred, and/or imprisoned.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 17 2017, @07:33PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 17 2017, @07:33PM (#480576)

      Even a Notary Public has to record what it is that he's notarizing.

      Not in Illinois. A notary log is not required. I keep one, but not because I must by law. The lack of such requirement is actually written into the Illinois Notary Public Law. (Then again, Notaries in this state don't certify copies, either. You have to make a sworn statement that you made a faithful copy and that oath can be administered.)

      I imagine there are other states that are similar. By and large a Notary only needs to ensure that he/she follows good and consistent practices that if called to attest to their own signature and stamp they can identify your practices.

      About courts and logging documents.... That sounds right. But first clarify notary law across the fifty states. Then you can investigate what some district jugde in American Samoa can and can't do with warrants.