Backdoors into encryption technology, "That's just stupid."

[nsaspook]

Today's hearing with the FBI.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

This is a 2 hour video. Got cliff notes for us

 

[nsaspook]

This is a 2 hour video. Got cliff notes for us

Sure.

Amy Hess, the FBI's executive assistant director for science and technology, reiterated to the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform the bureau’s decades-old fear of “going dark” because encryption will make criminal investigations more difficult.
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“We’re certainly not going to go dark,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) responded. “And in many ways we’ve never been brighter.”

"Creating a technological backdoor just for good guys is technologically stupid," said Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), a Stanford University computer science graduate. "That's just stupid."
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Conley cited upskirt photos, child pornography, and even the Boston Marathon bomber criminal case as reasons to forbid encryption without a backdoor, though he didn’t provide support in his brief remarks.

Conley also said Apple and Google are "protecting those who rape, assault, and kill" with their encryption policies. Both companies encrypt their mobile operating systems by default.

Leiu took exception to those remarks and said he was offended by Conley's assertions. Conley then proposed that a backdoor be implemented on personal devices but corporate networks be allowed to keep strong encryption with no "golden keys."

http://www.dailydot.com/politics/second-crypto-war-hearing-washington/

 

[Astronuc]

Yahoo Tech - What Politicos Don’t Know About Encryption Could Make Us All Less Safe
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/politicos-attack-encryption-but-their-128060853729.html

http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/97690/MIT-CSAIL-TR-2015-026.pdf?sequence=8