Then there was a recent interview where Obama states that strong encryption is a great thing as long as there’s a back door into it for US law enforcement.
Obama replied that he’s “a strong believer in strong encryption …. I lean probably further on side of strong encryption than some in law enforcement.” He maintained that he is as firm on the topic as he ever has been.
But the issue, Obama said, is the hypothetical. What if the FBI has a good case against someone involved in a terrorist plot and wants to know who that person was communicating with? Traditionally, they could get a court order for a wire tap. Today, a company might tell the FBI they can’t technically comply.
That’s not to say Obama would point specifically to a case where encryption stymied an investigation. “The first time that an attack takes place in which it turns out that we had a lead and we couldn’t follow up on it, the public’s going to demand answers,” he said.
Didn’t we have the debate about strong encryption and government back doors when Clinton was in the White House?
Then there was a recent interview where Obama states that strong encryption is a great thing as long as there’s a back door into it for US law enforcement.
Didn’t we have the debate about strong encryption and government back doors when Clinton was in the White House?
He’s at war, all right. Against Americans.
Leave it to Giuliani to publicly say it.