US top cop decries encryption, demands backdoors

[Robert]

Attorney General Eric Holder, the US top law enforcement official, said it is "worrisome" that tech companies are providing default encryption on consumer electronics. Locking the authorities out of being able to physically access the contents of devices puts children at risk, he said.

Nice to know he's looking out for us.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/us-top-cop-decries-encryption-demands-backdoors/

 

[faethor]

I'm sure there's more to this. For example, the US Gov warned against using Chinese routers, Huawei for example. The FUD they sold is we never know if China has backdoors in. Of course, the reason they could sell this FUD is they had their own backdoors into US equipment, which was being used in China. This was one of the things released by the Snowden records. It's been happening for quite a while - DoD sold fake Cisco gear