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Congress is poised to step into the encryption battle that has been raging in the courts and in the media, with legislation that would require technology companies to decrypt messages when served with a court order.

The leaked copy of a draft bill from Senators Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr would require companies — from makers of “communications” devices like iPhones to secure messaging tools like WhatApp — to turn over information in response to a judge’s order.

[...] the legislation is mute on technical solutions — noting companies must simply hand over the information, or provide the government with necessary technical assistance. It observes: “No person or entity is above the law.”

Technology advocates were quick to condemn the draft encryption proposal, saying it poses a legal conundrum for companies that give consumers control over their own encrypted communications.

“It’s clear the bill authors lack a basic understanding of the technology industry or online commerce. The $8 trillion digital economy depends on secure encryption to function,” said Morgan Reed, executive director of ACT. “Back doors create a fatal vulnerability that compromises this protection. The senators might as well take a hatchet to the entire Internet economy.”

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So many people that are in positions of power are beyond stupid and uneducated. This bull, I mean bill was probably only written to get their names out there, as they so often are.


Disgraceful

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Originally posted by Can't_M!ss_This

So many people that are in positions of power are beyond stupid and uneducated. This bull, I mean bill was probably only written to get their names out there, as they so often are.


Disgraceful

Yeah, embarrassing that these people are probably the same ones who give Hillary **** for using a Blackberry.