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Bill Aimed at Ending 'Warrant-Proof' Encryption Introduced in House:
Referred to as the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act, the bill aims to put a stop to criminals using “warrant-proof encryption and other technological advances” to hide their activity from authorities, Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), who introduced the bill, said.
“It is time tech companies stand with criminal investigators and the public to make clear they are committed to rooting out perpetrators who use their services to commit horrific crimes. As the digital world advances, so must our legislative solutions to investigate crimes that hit hardest the most vulnerable in our society,” Rep. Wagner commented.
Law enforcement agencies have long argued that strong encryption hinders their ability to conduct successful investigations in certain cases, often asking for backdoors that would provide them fast access to data of interest, but tech companies have opposed these requests, arguing that backdoors would introduce serious security and privacy risks.
The legislation would require tech companies to provide authorities with access to encrypted user data, while also stating that the Attorney General would report on which companies can comply. Furthermore, the government would offer compensation to companies that comply with the legislation.
Previously:
(2020-07-07) US Senate Panel OK's EARN IT Act
(2020-06-27) Senators Introduce "Balanced" Bill That Aims to End Warrant-Proof Encryption
(2020-06-11) Plundering of Crypto Keys From Ultrasecure SGX Sends Intel Scrambling Again
(2020-06-06) Zoom Says Free Users Won't Get End-to-End Encryption so FBI and Police Can Access Calls
(2020-05-19) AG Barr Seeks 'Legislative Solution' to Make Companies Unlock Phones
(2020-05-19) FBI Successfully Broke Into a Gunman's iPhone, but Still Very Angry at Apple
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Saturday August 01 2020, @04:18PM
No, I don't believe there are any tradeoffs here.
Either you are secure, or you are not secure. You can't be secure six days a week, but Gubbermint trashes your rights on Thursdays. You can't be secure 360 days out of the year, but on the week of Halloween, federal auditors get access to all your shit. You can't be secure for 30 years of your life, but when $prosecutor takes an interest in you, he walks into your life and accesses EVERYTHING. You can't be secure all of your life, but the neighbor down the street cannot be permitted that same security. All of those instances are sorry charades of security.