The FBI is ramping up its push to undermine digital encryption, which law enforcement officials say prevents them from more easily catching criminals.
Civil liberties advocates oppose the FBI’s efforts to create digital backdoors for the government and say the feds’ wish means making defective tech products that may create new victims.
The notice does not include a request for the number of times the FBI has tried to bypass encryption, nor does the request ask for data on the number of times the bureau has successfully breached people’s devices. Not long before the bureau submitted in April its notice in the Federal Register, the bureau confronted privacy proponents over the challenges of encryption at an event hosted by the Center for Data Innovation.
Ms. Noyes’ emotional plea came after Ms. Musa said the FBI exaggerated the number of phones it could not penetrate. Ms. Musa also pointed to problems with its previous statements to the public. When Ms. Noyes questioned the lawless environment that would result from encryption tools, Ms. Musa said following the law would not yield a lawless world.
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