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FBI Director: Without Compromise on Encryption, Legislation May be the 'Remedy'

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

MrPlow writes:

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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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @05:25PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @05:25PM (#711325)

    Just to add (apparently your post hit a button on me this moring, go figure), according to wikipedia there are 2,706 death row inmates in the US. That's 0.6% (do not confuse with 60%, this is .006) of all death row inmates were overturned. While still disturbing, the phrase tiny, tiny minority seems to be a much better fit.

    Hmm according to wiki again, in 2013, 2,220,300 were incarcerated, 273/2,220,300 ~ .0001, .01%, one percent of one percent, heh. While also disturbing, I'm not even sure that phrase tiny, tiny minority would be a good fit here.

    I think the vast majority of your vision may be clouded by bias.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @06:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @06:20PM (#711812)

    Citation also needed for:

    So, now when a judge and jury notices "misplaced" evidences, they immediately mistrial. The jury since they stopped trusting the cops. The judge since they don't want to risk their careers by involving themselves with a potential scandal.

    Pretty sure everyone from the judges, prosecutors, to the juries places a lot of faith in what cops have to say, even if they are lying through their teeth.