Encryption Makes Us Safe, Says Sen. Mark Warner at SXSW
He wants a commission to figure out how to protect our privacy and still allow us to go after the bad guys.
He wants a commission to figure out how to protect our privacy and still allow us to go after the bad guys.
Secure communications for me, but not for thee.
"Without freedom of speech there is no modern world, just a barbaric one."
Civil liberties increasingly threatened under state of emergency that's been extended for 6 months.
Among other things, Apple alleges that the FBI violates its First Amendment rights by compelling company engineers to write code.
A murder of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies would want their own backdoors too.
Big names in tech file briefs in support.
Tor Project insists those vulnerabilities are not longer exploitable by law enforcement.
Judiciary Committee members understand the precedent involved.
Federal officials can't keep their own secrets. Would you really trust them with the ability to access yours?
Says government has overstepped bounds
The stories of yesterday provide hints for the lawmakers of tomorrow.
Rubio, Cruz accept claim that the encryption fight is over "just one phone."
The national security whistleblower talks to the Free State Project from an undisclosed location in Russia.
The DOJ has persuaded a judge to issue a search warrant for a thing that does not exist, by forcing Apple to create a key that the FBI is incapable of creating.
Company reveals formal opposition plan to demand they help weaken phone security.
Kennedy and Matt Welch defend Apple against the FBI
It's possible that the FBI is not primarily concerned with the particular evidence stored on the San Bernardino shooter's phone at all.
Would the government really limit itself to just this one terrorist iPhone? Tune into Kennedy on Fox Business Network; replay at midnight
The talking points insist this Apple case is an isolated incident. Evidence suggests otherwise.
A handy guide for chatting anonymously online.
The government wants what it wants, consequences be damned.
The stick has been suggested. Now where is the carrot?
This seemingly simple demand opens a massive can of extremely dangerous worms.
Also calls himself a constitutionalist.
Consider Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Justin Amash and guess which is which.
Company will not compromise user security to help access terrorist's phone.
But it does make it harder to conduct blanket surveillance-which may be what officials are really after.
Gov. Kasich's response on security highlights politicians' lack of interest in dangers of mandating 'back doors.'
Security official says encryption is fact of modern life.
Officials don't seem to care if you're more vulnerable to criminals if it helps their pet causes.
The investigative journalism outfit launches hidden service website on the encrypted Tor Browser.
The Apple CEO has become an outspoken defender of privacy rights.
More bumbling around tech privacy issues
A guide to anonymous encrypted communication in 5 easy steps.
Of course secure communications frustrate governments. That's the whole idea.
Inconveniently for the U.S. intelligence community, the Paris attacks had nothing to do with encrypted communications.
Of course government officials want to ban privacy-oriented technologies. They were created to thwart the grasping creatures.
Investigators find phone data wasn't even protected at all.
CIA Director John Brennan: "A wakeup call particularly in areas of Europe."
Deep Web Director Alex Winter calls the sentencing an "injustice" that's "tantamount to torture."
"Cyberweapons" crackdown could be used to criminalize basic software-bug testing.
"If we are going to continue to preserve our right to free speech in the electronic age, then we need to use tools like encryption."
Is government-resistant encryption an intolerable threat to public safety?
Governments Should All "Go Dark" When It Comes to Spying on Their Citizens
Civil liberties erosions aside, it won't work-but that won't keep him from proselytizing for weakened security.