The Going Dark encryption debate continues to spin on a hamster wheel going nowhere. FBI general counsel James Baker reiterates that technology companies should find an answer to law enforcement s problem of unlocking encrypted devices. The other side argues that encryption remains the best defense against government surveillance and advanced attackers targeting intellectual property. Asking Silicon Valley for help in solving Going Dark, for example, seems to be an unlikely proposition, says one expert. Going Dark proponents fear that split key-escrow solutions that have been proposed will only further weaken crypto.
Source: https://threatpost.com/same-rhetoric-permeates-going-dark-encryption-debate/115271/