Continuous Encryption battle! And now it makes its way to the state legislatures.
We have written before about the power that individual US states, and how this power can be used to pass laws on privacy. In many cases, this is positive when used to transmit guarantees that are not adopted nationally. Recently, however, two statements have been in the news for something less positive -. Encryption backdoor
New York announced a few weeks ago he was seeking legislation at the state level that would force phone manufacturers to add backdoors in encrypted communications. And last week, California has announced that it is the same. These bills, not surprisingly, are driven by the enforcers of the law stating that backdoors assistance in criminal investigations.
As described by Yahoo, the bill put forward by the New York would "require operating systems to manufacturers or suppliers to decrypt and unlock smartphones for law enforcement and other authorities, creating a backdoor to surpass encryption. "If manufacturers do not comply, they would face a / $ 2,500 fine device. The bill is currently in committee in the Assembly of the State of New York and has a long way to go. It is unclear how much support the bill, but it's existence is disturbing nonetheless.
Also concerning is that California has followed the example of New York this week, when Assemblyman Jim Cooper has proposed a very similar law to require smartphone manufacturers to build backdoors into devices. The bill in California would also impose a $ 2,500 fine for manufacturers who do not comply. The California bill is strongly supported by the DA, who were present at a press conference on the bill.
As indicated in the Verge, the National Association of District Attorneys did not hide his intention to mobilize the local offices of the fight against encryption. They have already announced that they want to "partner" with states for bills requiring encryption backdoors in place.
Although these bills still have a long way to go, they also the seemingly endless debate over encryption backdoors that's been ongoing in the US and worldwide. If these bills were to pass, they created a dangerous precedent for other states to follow. We hope they will not end up moving forward, and we will be watching to see what happens next
Update - March 28, 2016
as reported by USA Today, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress are "pushing legislation" that would prevent states from being able to adopt their own laws at the state level to require backdoors in devices encrypted.
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