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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: 5, Insightful) by slap on Sunday November 12 2017, @08:30AM
These are some of the problems with "access"
1) The law enforcement agencies have continually demonstrated that they will break the law when given the chance. The
backdoor keys will be abused.
2) The law enforcement agencies have demonstrated that they cannot be trusted with secrets - as an example, the release of
the NSA hacking tools. The second that the backdoor keys are compromised, all encryption will be at risk. And that is "when" and not "if".
3) All governments will require backdoor keys. And even if the backdoor keys are for country specific versions of the software, the US
government will try to force US based companies to give those foreign keys to them.