http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/encryption-hinders-investigations-fbi-chief/d/d-id/1321231
By Thomas Claburn
Informationweek.com
July 8, 2015
FBI Director James Comey appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on
Wednesday to argue for legal support to weaken strong encryption, which he
claims obstructs criminal investigations.
The title of the hearing, "Going Dark: Encryption, Technology, and the
Balance Between Public Safety and Privacy," borrows Comey's
characterization of encryption as way to conceal evidence of criminal
acts.
"We are seeing more and more cases where we believe significant evidence
resides on a phone, a tablet, or a laptop—evidence that may be the
difference between an offender being convicted or acquitted," said Comey
and Sally Quillian Yates, US Deputy Attorney General, in joint prepared
remarks. "If we cannot access this evidence, it will have ongoing,
significant impacts on our ability to identify, stop, and prosecute these
offenders."
The concerns of Comey and Yates were echoed by Cyrus Vance Jr., District
Attorney for New York County, who complained about the device encryption
deployed by Apple and Google last fall.
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