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posted by mrpg on Saturday November 11 2017, @10:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the fight-the-bad-fight dept.

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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.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/doj-strong-encryption-that-we-dont-have-access-to-is-unreasonable/


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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 12 2017, @02:03AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 12 2017, @02:03AM (#595818)

    Saved in my quote file from a Techdirt article about the previous occasion when Rosenstein was speaking about encryption:

    Having painted the tech industry as selfish, Rosenstein airlifts himself to the highest horse in the immediate area. -- Tim Cushing, Techdirt

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