Thursday, February 9, 2017

FBI: Tech Companies Are Helping Dumb Criminals By Providing Quality Encryption

Okay, you have to admit that this guy does have a point.

“End-to-end encryption, or decryption of devices, is increasingly available by default,” said FBI General Counsel James A. Brady yesterday at a Center for Strategic & International Studies panel discussion on privacy and law enforcement. “Your average bad guy, who’s not particularly sophisticated, can avail himself of high quality encryption, so that’s part of our problem.”