Obama to clarify his stance on encryption by the holidays
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/white-house-encryption-policy-response-petition/
The Obama administration plans to clarify its stance on strong
encryption before Washington shuts down for the holidays.
Administration officials met Thursday with the civil-society
groups behind a petition urging the White House to back strong,
end-to-end encryption over the objections of some
law-enforcement and intelligence professionals.
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I stand by my prediction that the odds are better than 2:1 that the
U.S. government will order backdoors into major firms' encryption systems
within five years. A different president could do it an instant, and
every "terrorist" attack that authorities can try pin on encryption --
the accuracy or inaccuracy of such claims are irrelevant to public
opinion and politicians -- the faster this will come, especially after
other countries around the world institute similar demands (the UK is
already doing this).
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so.
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