Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Attorney General: Device Backdoors Should Be Left Open for the Police

The Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. spoke out yesterday about backdoors in consumer technology, claiming that they should be left open by technology firms so that law enforcement officials are never locked out during important investigations.

Speaking about new forms of encryption that could theoretically prevent police officers and other government officials from accessing personal data, he claimed that they could harm investigations of kidnappers and sexual predators, and in turn put children at increased risk.

read full article at Gizmodo


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