Sunday, May 1, 2016

Hated encryption bill should prompt U.S. intelligence reform


You don’t need anything decrypted to see that nobody likes the Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016, the draft encryption bill released two weeks ago. Coauthored by Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, the bill would allow courts to order companies to break encryption on communications and devices for law enforcement purposes.


There are plenty of reasons to dislike it. Here are mine, along with some thoughts about what the bill reveals about our government’s approach to intelligence.


1. The proposed bill won’t work as a deterrent to unlawful…



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Hated encryption bill should prompt U.S. intelligence reform

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