| Title | To FBI Director Comey: You Reap What You Sow! | |
| Date | Thursday October 23 2014, @01:12AM | |
| Author | azrael | |
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| from the boom-time-for-rights dept. | ||
That's what Congressman Darrell Issa tweeted as it became clear that Congress would have no part of the FBI's plan to require backdoors (or frontdoors) into encrypted phones.
The Register is reporting that the FBI's request had publicly failed after senators said the proposal would be rejected. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren said:
"I think the public would not support it, certainly industry would not support it, civil liberties groups would not support it."
"I think [Comey is] a sincere guy, but there's just no way this is going to happen."
The bipartisan opposition signaled the end of the line (at least until after the next election) of any chance for the FBI's proposal according to an article in The Hill.
Earlier this year, in another bipartisan move, Lofgren, and Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a measure to the defense spending bill banning the National Security Agency from using “backdoor” searches to spy on Americans through a legal provision targeting foreigners. That measure overwhelmingly passed the House 293-123.
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