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posted by mrpg on Sunday July 22 2018, @07:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the my-opinion-is-encrypted dept.

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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'


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  • (Score: 2, Flamebait) by realDonaldTrump on Monday July 23 2018, @02:30AM (1 child)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Monday July 23 2018, @02:30AM (#711018) Homepage Journal

    I'm a traditionalist. With putters, with many things -- I absolutely hate those long putters. And it sounds like you are too. Because you say, "oh, do it the old fashioned way!" But the world is changing all around us. With the websites, with the cyber, with the cellphones, with the digital.

    Many crooks use guns in their horrible crimes, as everybody knows. Look what happened in Los Angeles last night. Can you imagine, somebody gets shot. And you're saying, "oh, don't look at the bullet!" Our Law Enforcement has guys that are very gun-adept. Forensic scientologists. They can just look at a bullet and they know what kind of gun it came from. They take one look, they say, "oh, this is .22 caliber!" Or .45 caliber. And much more. They know. And that can help A LOT in the investigation. Or in court.

    Cellphone, same thing. Many crooks use cellphone in their crimes. And our Law Enforcement has guys that can look at the cellphone. And get a lot of info from that. They use modern cyber. Because the crooks are using modern cyber. Including, unfortunately, encryption. We have the cyber to get past encryption. But it's not easy. It needs to be easy. And that's all Chris is asking for. Make it very easy. It's called Responsible Encryption. They had it in France, it worked very well. They stopped it, they had Charlie Hebdo. They had Bataclan. They had Nice, the truck attack in Nice. Big mistake! Responsible Encryption means less work for our Law Enforcement. And that means BIG SAVINGS for our taxpayers!!!!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @06:13AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @06:13AM (#711081)

    Kinda funny this call for weak encryption. Its either ENCRYPTED, or its OBFUSCATED.

    If genuinely encrypted, only the parties in the communication are privy to it.

    If its just obfuscated, anyone with a de-obfuscator can tap in. Its just a bathroom lock. Nothing more. Nothing less. Its just a courtesy thing so someone does not walk in on someone else doing his private business. If anyone wants to be an ass about it, they can always use a paper-clip to get in. Damn near everyone knows how.

    With governments crying about having weak encryption, could anyone tell me why the government was so pissed over Snowden? I mean, privacy isn't all that important is it?