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Subject: [ISN] The FBI's Stance on Encrypted Communications
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2015-04-20 9:41:15
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1504200940580.13303 () infosecnews ! org
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By Amy Hess
Executive Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Apr1l 20, 2015
{This post is in response to the article, Should Law Enforcement Have the
Ability to Access Encrypted Communications}
AMY HESS: Imagine an America where federal, state, and municipal law
enforcement agencies cannot access critical communications, even when
legally authorized to do so. Imagine a time when the police cannot pursue
logical leads in electronic data to rescue a missing child, identify the
co-conspirators of a massive fraud scheme, or obtain relevant evidence of
an elected official's public corruption. Imagine the injustice if a
suspected criminal can hide incriminating communications without fear of
discovery by the police, or if information that could exonerate an
innocent party is inaccessible.
With the move to ubiquitous encryption, that time is closer than you
think. Increasingly, law enforcement investigations require some degree of
access to encrypted communications—whether stored on a computer or mobile
device, or transmitted over a communication service provider's network—and
that access is increasingly limited.
The FBI firmly supports the development and adoption of robust encryption
as a key tool to strengthen cybersecurity, secure commerce and trade,
safeguard private information, and promote free expression and
association. However, absolute encryption does not mean absolute safety.
Terrorists and other criminals also use encryption to conceal and
facilitate their crimes.
No one in this country should be beyond the law. The notion that
electronic devices and communications could never be unlocked or
unencrypted – even when a judge has decided that the public interest
requires accessing this data to find evidence — is troubling. It may be
time to ask: Is that a cost we, as a society, are prepared to pay?
[...]
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