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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 Monday July 23 2018, @06:13AM
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?