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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.
Source: FBI director: Without compromise on encryption, legislation may be the 'remedy'
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @12:42AM (1 child)
Don't like it? Then move to Liberia and live with all the other libertarians, but don't come crying to us when the terrorists rape your children.
(Score: 2, Touché) by exaeta on Tuesday July 24 2018, @06:19PM
Because our current system, which is not currently filled with terrorists attacking us, will soon be filled with terrorists UNLESS we ban encryption right away!!!!1!!!1!!one!!
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