For months, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been demonizing strong encryption, saying its growing use threatens the ability of police to prevent serious crimes like terrorism. To avoid law enforcement “going dark,” the FBI contends, government has to be able to access all encrypted messages. But here’s the dilemma: Experts agree you can’t build “backdoors” that allow only “good guys” access to data; criminals will be able to exploit those vulnerabilities, too.
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Dispatches: Tell Obama to Speak Up for Strong Encryption
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