Ex-NSA boss says FBI director is wrong on encryption
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/13/technology/nsa-michael-hayden-encryption/
The FBI director wants the keys to your private conversations on
your smartphone to keep terrorists from plotting secret attacks.
But on Tuesday, the former head of the U.S. National Security
Agency -- the supreme experts on communications -- said that
would be a terrible idea. General Michael Hayden, now retired,
was speaking at a cybersecurity conference in Miami Beach. He
expressed his unwavering support for encryption, a feature that
protects voice calls or texts by turning data into nonsensical,
indecipherable code. "I disagree with [FBI director] Jim
Comey," Hayden said in a speech. "I actually think end-to-end
encryption is good for America."
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