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from the nothing-to-hide-vs-none-of-your-business dept.
The New York Times published an interesting story about the fears of the current FBI director:
The director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, said Thursday that federal laws should be changed to require telecommunications companies to give law enforcement agencies access to the encrypted communications of individuals suspected of crimes.
... Mr. Comey warned that crimes could go unsolved if law enforcement officers cannot gain access to information that technology companies like Apple and Google are protecting using increasingly sophisticated encryption technology.
“Unfortunately, the law hasn’t kept pace with technology, and this disconnect has created a significant public safety problem,” he said.
Mr. Comey said that he was hoping to spur Congress to update the 20-year-old Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, which does not require companies to give law enforcement direct access to individuals’ communications.
The F.B.I. has long had concerns about devices “going dark” — when technology becomes so sophisticated that the authorities cannot gain access to them. But now, Mr. Comey is warning that the new encryption technology has evolved to the point that it could adversely affect crime solving.
The kicker is this line:
“Those charged with protecting our people aren’t always able to access the evidence we need to prosecute crime and prevent terrorism, even with lawful authority."
Of course, it should be no surprise to the FBI why so many people are going "dark" and using things like Tails. For decades, the government has proven time and again that it can't be trusted to act lawfully and constitutionally. The FBI is responsible for more than its share of that. So naturally those who can are going to take steps to protect their privacy and Apple and Google, among others, are simply responding to that demand.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 17 2014, @01:44PM
What gets me is that these people think that we're all civilians, ie. little people that they, in their Olympian largesse, choose to refrain from smiting, or not. They think they are the only ones who have and can shoot guns, who can and will use force. We the people accede to their role as law enforcement for the common good, but we do not cede to them ultimate authority. That is and remains with us. Nearly everyone in American government from the local to the federal level has completely forgotten that. It is time for us to teach it to them again. They will not like the lesson.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 17 2014, @03:47PM
Hopefully that lesson will be taught. It will be bad for us but they have allready banned all natural pleasures: from young girls to pharma. They have also banned weapons men like to machine and build.
They need to be killed, tortured to death. They put us in prison or kill us for violating the religion/beliefs they force upon us. Just killing one of them would be joy enough for a lifetime, since they have taken all other pleasure away (they cannot take the hunt).