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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday May 19 2020, @06:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the gettin-the-camel's-nose-under-the-tent dept.

AG Barr seeks 'legislative solution' to make companies unlock phones:

ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Brett Max Kaufman responded to [US Attorney General] Barr's comments, saying "Every time there's a traumatic event requiring investigation into digital devices, the Justice Department loudly claims that it needs backdoors to encryption, and then quietly announces it actually found a way to access information without threatening the security and privacy of the entire world. The boy who cried wolf has nothing on the agency that cried encryption." While Barr's push for backdoors and cooperation from phone manufacturers raises concerns, Kaufman's response doesn't address that the DoJ isn't seeking the ability to unlock phones, but to do so as quickly as possible.

Apple's refusal to work with law enforcement has been an issue for years. The company wants to ensure its users feel confident in trusting Apple with their data, yet police and the FBI say that the refusals to cooperate hinder investigations and put lives at risk. It sounds like Barr wants to put a system into law that would oblige Apple to comply in future cases. How realistic this plan is -- or how much buy-in from politicians it will get -- remains to be seen, though it would force Apple to rethink how it approaches user privacy.


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  • (Score: 2) by Oakenshield on Wednesday May 20 2020, @01:40PM (1 child)

    by Oakenshield (4900) on Wednesday May 20 2020, @01:40PM (#996874)

    I was surprised at the change in many of the shitty kids at my 15 year high school reunion. They had transformed into actual human beings. A small handful that seemed normal or even quiet in high school turned into douche-bags. And one who was a major douche-bag and a giant bully in high school now spends his days on Facebook raging at Trump and conservatives. Alas... Still a bully and a douche-bag but now he wants to think he believes in a cause.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 20 2020, @02:12PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday May 20 2020, @02:12PM (#996888)

    In my town, the ones who didn't leave after graduation didn't change... continued to swap partners for another 15 years, but with marriages and babies thrown into the drama. The saddest of the sad dumbshits did apparently find each other and stick together, every so often when visiting home I'd see some not too surprising new couples in the rear-view while driving around town. One girl who was down with hepatitis through most of high school did "come out" as life of the party at the 10 year reunion, so says my in-town spy who went to the party and told me about it, but... stories of growth and maturity? Not nearly as common as stories of fattening, hair loss, premature greying, and continued douchery.

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