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FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday that unless the U.S. government and private industry are able to come to a compromise on the issue of default encryption on consumer devices, legislation may be how the debate is ultimately decided.
"I think there should be [room for compromise]," Wray said Wednesday night at a national security conference in Aspen, Colorado. "I don't want to characterize private conversations we're having with people in the industry. We're not there yet for sure. And if we can't get there, there may be other remedies, like legislation, that would have to come to bear."
Wray described the issue of “Going Dark” because of encryption as a "significant" and "growing" problem for federal, state and local law enforcement as well as foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies. He claims strong encryption on mobile phones keeps law enforcement from gaining access to key evidence as it relates to active criminal investigations.
Source: FBI director: Without compromise on encryption, legislation may be the 'remedy'
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 22 2018, @10:57PM (2 children)
Do the Russian police actually solve crimes?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 23 2018, @12:07AM (1 child)
Probably. And, they probably fail to solve some crimes. The question is, how important is is to solve every crime? Your answer to that question is probably a good indication of your willingness to live in a police state.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @07:53AM
The answer is "sometimes". They have a strong "thief must be in prison" mentality, so if they they think you are guilty you are fucked (unless you have connections higher up), evidence be damned. They'll torture you if they have to, or maybe even if they don't. Plus, they have to appease a god of statistics who says that they must always solve more crimes every year, which generally translates to "fabricate some evidence", "provoke something that can be used to hang someone on", or just surf around VKontakte for "extremist" content.