http://www.computerworld.com/article/2916895/encryption/lawmakers-criticize-fbis-request-for-encryption-back-doors.html
By Grant Gross
IDG News Service
April 29, 2015
U.S. lawmakers are skeptical of an FBI request for Congress to mandate
encryption workarounds in smartphones, with critics saying Wednesday that
back doors would create new vulnerabilities that bad guys can exploit.
It's currently impossible for smartphone makers to build in back doors
that allow law enforcement agencies access to encrypted communications but
also keep out cybercriminals, witnesses and lawmakers said during a
hearing before the IT subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government
Reform Committee.
Law enforcement representatives called on lawmakers to find a way to allow
access to encrypted data as a way to prevent serious crime. Late last
year, FBI Director James Comey called for a public debate on encryption
after Apple and Google announced they would offer new encryption tools on
their smartphone OSes.
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