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Leading Security Experts Oppose Government Encryption Plan
Several members of the EPIC Advisory Board, leading experts in security technology, have warned that a government plan to weaken encryption threatens the nation's critical infrastructure and puts at risk confidential personal information. Recalling a similar report from 1997, the researchers concluded that "the damage that could be caused by law enforcement exceptional access requirements would be even greater today than it would have been 20 years ago. Recent reports from the US courts, available from EPIC, show that encryption has not been an obstacle to law enforcement investigations. A 1994 Internet petition led to the demise of "Clipper," the original government plan for escrowed encryption.
July 7, 2015| Share:
