Barr says the US needs encryption backdoors to prevent “going dark.” Um, what?

By Sean Gallagher

"The FBI says they're 'going dark.' Well yeah, because they've been staring at the sun."

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US Attorney General William Barr speaks at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University School of Law on July 23, 2019 in New York City. In his remarks, Barr stated that increased encryption of data on phones and encrypted messaging apps puts American security at risk. Barr encouraged technology companies to provide law enforcement with access to encrypted data during certain criminal investigations.

On July 23, in a keynote address at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University, US Attorney General William Barr took up a banner that the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation have been waving for over a decade: the call for what former FBI director James Comey had referred to as a "golden key."

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He must practice stupidity every day; he couldn't have been born that stupid.

Don't stop where the ink does.