It's time to lock the door on backdoors
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3087615/encryption/its-time-to-lock-the-door-on-backdoors.html
"They have this 'collect it all' mentality and that has led to
a ridiculous amount of data in their possession," said Nate
Cardozo, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier
Foundation. "It's not about having enough data; it's a matter
of not knowing what to do with the data they already have."
Lauren Weinstein, founder of People for Internet
Responsibility, believes government leaders like Comey and
Brennan are being disingenuous, at best. "They know that the
smart, major terrorist groups will never use systems with
government-mandated backdoors for their important
communications," he wrote in a blog post. "Terrorist groups
wouldn't go near backdoored encryption systems with a ten-foot
pole, yet are the very groups governments are loudly claiming
backdoor systems are required to fight."
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--Lauren--
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