Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Powered by Max Banner Ads As Google’s Android smartphone operating system was coming under attack in fall 2012 from malware with the colorful names of “Loozfon” and “FinFisher,” the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center issued an alert to help defend against the threat. “Depending on the type of phone,” the FBI said, “the operating system may have encryption available. This can be used to protect the user’s personal data.” How times have changed. Last fall, when Apple and Google announced they were cleaning up their operating systems to ensure that their users’ information was encrypted to prevent hacking and potential data loss, FBI Director James Comey attacked both companies. He claimed the encryption would cause the users to “place themselves above the law.” The tech community fired back. “The only actions that have undermined the rule of law,” Ken Gude wrote in “Wired,” “are the government’s deceptive and secret mass-surveillance programs.” The battle resumed in February 2015. Michael Steinbach, FBI assistant director for counterterrorism, said it is “irresponsible” for companies like Google and Apple to use software that denies the FBI lawful means to intercept data. Yet the FBI does have a lawful means to intercept it: the Foreign Intelligence […]
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