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Acts of terrorism could push Congress toward encryption backdoors in 2016

Backdoors to let law enforcement access encrypted communications could become U.S. law in 2016. Lawmakers in Congress renewed push to require businesses that sell encrypted hardware, software and services to create a way to unlock the encryption when ordered to do so by a judge. It’s impossible to know the scope of such a law since there is no draft, just broad talk from lawmakers interested in giving law enforcement a new investigatory tool. Backdoors could mean overhauling or recalling vast amounts of backdoor-free encryption gear already deployed by businesses.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3016064/acts-of-terrorism-could-push-congress-toward-encryption-backdoors-in-2016.html

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