FBI Director Wants phone Encryption to be Illegal.
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In an interview with Scott Pelley on 60minities (which was re-aired on Sunday) James Conmey, Director of the FBI made a few remarks about encryption on phones.
he's worried now that Apple and Google have the power to upend the rule of law. Until now, a judge could order those companies to unlock a criminal suspect's phone. But their new software makes it impossible for them to crack a code set by the user.
The notion that we would market devices that would allow someone to place themselves beyond the law, troubles me a lot
sell cars with trunks that couldn't ever be opened by law enforcement with a court order, or sell an apartment that could never be entered even by law enforcement. Would you want to live in that neighborhood? This is a similar concern. The notion that people have devices, again, that with court orders, based on a showing of probable cause in a case involving kidnapping or child exploitation or terrorism, we could never open that phone? My sense is that we've gone too far when we've gone there.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-director-james-comey-on-privacy-and-surveillance/
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He can want that all he likes.
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I want even suggesting that our liberties, security and protection be removed be a criminal request that would land you in jail. But sadly, he still roams free.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I want even suggesting that our liberties, security and protection be removed be a criminal request that would land you in jail. But sadly, he still roams free.
I agree, Scott... Maybe we should start petitioning our state and national leaders to craft a bill of some sort... We'll call it the "Lock 'em up and throw away the key" bill.
The Law: Any elected or appointed government official, national, state, or local, that in any form, being verbal, written, or otherwise tries to push through, pass, or create a bill that that would infringe upon rights granted to all non-incarcerated citezens by the Constitution of the United States of America shall be immediately locked up in the nearest maximum security correctional facility, stripped of their title and elected privileges, and shall remain there until they are dead.
Gosh... that sounds kinda harsh, don't it?
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I want even suggesting that our liberties, security and protection be removed be a criminal request that would land you in jail. But sadly, he still roams free.
I agree, Scott... Maybe we should start petitioning our state and national leaders to craft a bill of some sort... We'll call it the "Lock 'em up and throw away the key" bill.
The Law: Any elected or appointed government official, national, state, or local, that in any form, being verbal, written, or otherwise tries to push through, pass, or create a bill that that would infringe upon rights granted to all non-incarcerated citezens by the Constitution of the United States of America shall be immediately locked up in the nearest maximum security correctional facility, stripped of their title and elected privileges, and shall remain there until they are dead.
Gosh... that sounds kinda harsh, don't it?
Harsh is what is needed. Someone intending to oppress and terrorize the citizenry should be treated very harshly. Just because our laws currently allow such unethical, immoral behaviour doesn't mean it supports our ethical code, our social code or the freedom of our people.
