Security researchers and civil liberties
advocates condemned draft legislation leaked from the U.S. Senate that
would let judges order technology companies to assist law enforcement
agencies in breaking into encrypted data.
The long-awaited bill is emerging just as the
U.S. Justice Department redoubles its efforts to use the courts to force
Apple to help unlock encrypted iPhones.
The Senate proposal is an attempt to resolve long-standing
disagreements between the technology community, which believes strong
encryption is essential to keep hackers and others from disrupting the
Internet, and law enforcement officials worried about being unable to
pry open encrypted devices and communications of criminal suspects.
But the draft bill, leaked online Thursday
evening, was planned as an overly vague measure that added up to a ban
on strong encryption.
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Source: NBC News
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