Feinstein / Burr Project Backdoor Encryption Bill Causes Concern

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Feinstein / Burr Project Backdoor Encryption Bill Causes Concern -

Update - April 20, 2016: Four main coalitions of tech industry wrote an open letter to the US Congress yesterday on Burr-Feinstein bill. The letter expressed their strong opposition to the bill, citing the consequences of the proposed law for negative Affairs and Security in the US and abroad, and leave the technology industry in the US " a competitive disadvantage. " You can read more about the letter here, and see the full letter. The groups that signed the letter included the Coalition of the Internet infrastructure, which Golden Frog is a member. Silicon Vally also took a voice declared against the bill, saying it is

Original Post "impracticable" .: There have been many buzz recently about Feinstein / Burr bill circulated by two senators in the United States Wednesday.

This legislation, compliance with court orders Act, was introduced by Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein. He proposed that the high-tech companies create encryption "backdoor" mandatory within their technologies, so that law enforcement and other government agencies can access the user's data with a warrant or court order appropriate.

The next steps for the bill are that it goes to the Senate Intelligence Committee and could then move to the Senate floor if it passes a vote. It seems unlikely that it will, however, the White House said it would not support the bill "in its current form." The majority of the Congress does not seem to support the bill, and a source recently called "Clueless." Reaction against the bill began even before released when a leaked version last week.

This bill revisits the question of who has the right encryption, in a long-standing debate between government and business technology that was recently made very public in FBI v. Apple.

A Golden Frog, we are for security and are firmly opposed to an encryption backdoors of any kind. Two

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Sources: Fast Company and Re / code

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