July 4, 2016
Via: Wired Threat LevelThere’s been a lot of talk in recent years about encryption and what the FBI terms its “Going Dark” problem—its inability to read the communications of surveillance targets because more and more data is being encrypted. And while the end-to-end […]
June 27, 2016
Via: The HillThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a breach of Alabama’s law enforcement networks. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency confirmed the FBI is investigating unauthorized access of its networks, Huntsville television station WAFF reported. Gov. Robert Bentley requested FBI support […]
June 24, 2016
Via: The HillA working group of House lawmakers studying the thorny problem of encryption this week appeared to lean away from a law requiring companies to provide law enforcement with any form of guaranteed access to locked communications. “Members of the encryption […]
April 19, 2016
Via: The HillMajor law enforcement organizations are lining up to support a controversial bill that would give investigators greater access to encrypted data. In the past few days, prominent police commissioners, district attorneys and the industry groups that represent them have pressed […]
April 5, 2016
Via: The HillA draft of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s encryption bill is expected to circulate sometime this week, Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told reporters on Monday. The measure — a response to concerns that criminals are increasingly using encrypted devices to hide […]
October 13, 2015
Via: access-controlOn September 10, 2015, the #fbi Director James B. Comey continued advocating #law enforcement’s concerns that companies’ adoption of stronger #encryption without possessing a key to decode it creates an environment favoring criminals and impeding investigators. The debate about whether […]
August 6, 2015
Via: featuredLaw enforcement agencies are increasingly tracking people by biometrics, whether it’s facial recognition, fingerprints, tattoos, voiceprints or our DNA. The providers of the technology and services behind biometrics are gung-ho about selling their goods to law enforcement: a typical story, […]
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