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FBI Chief Calls for National Talk Over Encryption vs. Safety

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday August 07 2016, @02:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the sour-grapes dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

The FBI's director says the agency is collecting data that he will present next year in hopes of sparking a national conversation about law enforcement's increasing inability to access encrypted electronic devices.

Speaking on Friday at the American Bar Association conference in San Francisco, James Comey says the agency was unable to access 650 of 5,000 electronic devices investigators attempted to search over the last 10 months.

Comey says encryption technology makes it impossible in a growing number of cases to search electronic devices. He says it's up to U.S. citizens to decide whether to modify the technology.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-chief-calls-national-talk-over-encryption-vs-safety-n624101

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Gaaark on Sunday August 07 2016, @03:49AM

    by Gaaark (41) on Sunday August 07 2016, @03:49AM (#384877) Journal

    Well, really!, AGREED!
    Hillary leaks confidential info like I leak crap after eating dairy products, but that is fine.
    But others aren't so FUCKING STUPID, and OMG, terrorists!!!!!

    Did this crap from Comey REALLY come from Hillary instead???
    Man, she is evil, and the US is sucking her clit. Does it smell like teen spirit?, I'm guessing........NOT!!! More like NIN's 'Closer'.

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  • (Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Sunday August 07 2016, @04:11AM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Sunday August 07 2016, @04:11AM (#384879) Journal

    It's the lizard people. It's one of their last bids to harness the spiral power they've found on this planet.

    They are going to overplay their hand.

    John May lives!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 07 2016, @09:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 07 2016, @09:54AM (#384934)

    Man, she is evil, and the US is sucking her clint on.

    FTFY.

    With the drain-bamaged competition, no wonder.