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"We have an ongoing dialogue with a lot of tech companies in a variety of different areas," he [Rod Rosenstein] told Politico Pro. "There's some areas where they are cooperative with us. But on this particular issue of encryption, the tech companies are moving in the opposite direction. They're moving in favor of more and more warrant-proof encryption."
[...] In the interview, Rosenstein also said he "favors strong encryption."
"I favor strong encryption, because the stronger the encryption, the more secure data is against criminals who are trying to commit fraud," he explained. "And I'm in favor of that, because that means less business for us prosecuting cases of people who have stolen data and hacked into computer networks and done all sorts of damage. So I'm in favor of strong encryption."
[...] He later added that the claim that the "absolutist position" that strong encryption should be by definition, unbreakable, is "unreasonable."
[...] Rosenstein closed his interview by noting that he understands re-engineering encryption to accommodate government may make it weaker.
"And I think that's a legitimate issue that we can debate—how much risk are we willing to take in return for the reward?" he said.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 12 2017, @01:00AM
That's the thing right there. People use encryption in large part because it's so easy to use on those phones. They're so easy to use on those phones because law enforcement and criminals have a habit of breaking in and looking at our stuff without our permission.
If law enforcement would stop breaking the law and disrespecting the constitutional rights of citizens, it would make it that much less likely that people would use the encryption in the first place. Or at least, a form that they couldn't break.