encryption The battle took another twist this week when a new bill entitled the rights national constitutional ensure your private telecommunications (ENCRYPT) Act 2016, was introduced by two members of Congress USA. This bill is a response to recent efforts by individual states to enact encryption backdoors, and aims to make "encrypting a federal issue and keep the individual states try to ban it."
After becoming frustrated that encryption backdoors haven 't been mandated at the federal level, two states (California and New York) recently introduced the bill to try to adopt at the state level . While these state bills have few supporters (including the National Association of District Attorneys), there are also many concerns that surround them. Aside from the privacy concerns associated with a backdoor encryption, there are also questions about their feasibility as they "would probably force a company like Apple to choose between not sell iPhones encrypted by default in States or the development of a replacement product line with lower security. "
the ENCRYPT bill aims to stop this legislation at the state level, and was highlighted by Ted Location and Blake Farenthold. Location has a degree in computer science and is one of the strongest advocates for strong encryption. We see the ENCRYPT Act as promising news in the ongoing battle over encryption, and we hope that others will join in supporting efforts to protect privacy.
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Source :. The Daily Dot
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