FBI Holds Secret Meeting To Scare Congress Into Backdooring Phone Encryption

[Victorious Secret]

 

Well, well, well. 

 

To be honest this isn't surprising to me, the FBI is running scared because companies like Google and Apple are actively giving them the "fuck off" to snooping on customer data, and they are pulling all the excuses the book has to try and strong-arm them otherwise. 

 

I find it ironic. The very companies that have so much sway over the US government and actually abuse it might actually use said power to do something exceedingly positive for consumers. If they hold their ground and tell both the US Gov and FBI to pound sand, it'll be a strong and enduring win for consumer privacy rights. 

 

Unless you believe that whole "think of the children" bullshit the FBI and co are trying to sell. In which case I also have a few bridges for you. 

 

In September, both Apple and Google announced plans to encrypt information on iOS and Android devices by default. Almost immediately, there was a collective freakout by law enforcement types. But, try as they might, these law enforcement folks couldn't paint any realistic scenario of where this would be a serious problem. Sure, they conjured up scenarios, but upon inspectionthey pretty much all fell apart. Instead, what was clear was that encryption could protect users from people copying information off of phones without permission, and, in fact, the FBI itself recommends you encrypt the data on your phone. 

 

But it didn't stop FBI director James Comey from ignoring the advice of his own agency and pushing for a new law that would create back doors (he called them front doors, but when asked to explain the difference, he admitted that he wasn't "smart enough" to understand the distinction) in such encryption. 

So, now, of course, the FBI/DOJ gets to go up to Congress and tell them scary stories about just how necessary breaking encryption would be. And it's being done in total secrecy, because if it was done in public, experts might debunk the claims, like they've done with basically all of the scenarios provided in public to date.

 

FBI and Justice Department officials met with House staffers this week for a classified briefing on how encryption is hurting police investigations, according to staffers familiar with the meeting. The briefing included Democratic and Republican aides for the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, the staffers said. The meeting was held in a classified room, and aides are forbidden from revealing what was discussed.

 

 

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141030/16013228988/fbi-holds-secret-meeting-to-scare-congress-into-backdooring-phone-encryption.shtml

[Horrorfull]

America wants to control us. Practically a dictatorship with rotating faces.

[brownninja97]

fbi just fuck off, no one likes you, just die.

[werto165]

Federal Bureau of Infringement of privacy, their new name.  

[qwertywarrior]

i cant see how they will actually implement a "front door"

is it actually possible

 

good read here

http://justsecurity.org/16503/security-front-doors-vs-back-doors-distinction-difference/

[Syntaxvgm]

The FBI has an obsession with entering through the back door. 

We've told you time and time again. We aren't doing anal. 

[felixbearpig]

[Tech_Dreamer]

FBI is turning like the the Captain America Winter Soldier plot twist, Maybe the FBI is being run by Hydra Nazi agents...

[LAwLz]

FBI in 2012: "Encrypt your phone if you want to protect yourself from criminals!"

FBI in 2014: "Don't encrypt your phones! It will help criminals!"

 

Make up your minds already...

 

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[Darkman]

-snipeee dee do-

I have a feeling someone on the forums has used that as a desktop background before.. Is it bad this was the first image that popped into my head when I read this article?

[mr moose]

What dichotomy the capitalist dictatorship of America is.   I really don't know where to start with this. 

 

I guess the clarifying things to remember are that the companies who strong arm the government for more control tend to be ISP's, the movie and music industry and general content delivery providers. While those who want better security and an open internet with more freedom are the companies that make money off of data and hardware like Google, yahoo, MS, apple etc.

[Kamil]

But think of the children! If we don't have a "secret" way into every single thing in the world how do we know there aren't children in there? I mean, sure it's a phone, but there could be children inside! You'll never know if we don't force them to leave a major security flaw in it!

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Time for custom ROMs with backdoor-less encryption then. 

[Techhog]

FBI in 2012: "Encrypt your phone if you want to protect yourself from criminals!"

FBI in 2014: "Don't encrypt your phones! It will help criminals!"

 

Make up your minds already...

 

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dont worry NSA I will.png

No, you misunderstand. They want you to encrypt your phone; they just want to be sure that they aren't have a set of keys.

[zacRupnow]