Obama Encryption Policy Rejects Laws Mandating Backdoors
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Re: Obama Encryption Policy Rejects Laws Mandating Backdoors
#2Deceptive title, unintentionally.
FTA: "Instead, the Post reports, the “administration will continue trying to persuade companies that have moved to encrypt their customers’ data to create a way for the government to still peer into people’s data when needed for criminal or terrorism investigations.”
While eschewing attempts to legislatively mandate that tech companies build backdoors into their services, the president is continuing the status quo – that is, informally pressuring companies to give the government access to unencrypted data."
Status quo is that the government doesn't respect the privacy of its citizens.
Re: Obama Encryption Policy Rejects Laws Mandating Backdoors
#3Deceptive title, unintentionally. FTA: "Instead, the Post reports, the “administration will continue trying to persuade companies that have moved to encrypt their customers’ data to create a way for the government to still peer into people’s data when needed for criminal or terrorism investigations.” While eschewing attempts to legislatively mandate that tech companies build backdoors into their services, the preside…
HN title should have a "- For Now" at the end.
Re: Obama Encryption Policy Rejects Laws Mandating Backdoors
#4I am surprised the petition has yet to reach 100k signatures.
Is it optimistic to think that most of the tech community at least should recognize the significance of this? Even if you doubt its effect on real policy.
Re: Obama Encryption Policy Rejects Laws Mandating Backdoors
#5Deceptive title, unintentionally. FTA: "Instead, the Post reports, the “administration will continue trying to persuade companies that have moved to encrypt their customers’ data to create a way for the government to still peer into people’s data when needed for criminal or terrorism investigations.” While eschewing attempts to legislatively mandate that tech companies build backdoors into their services, the preside…
Agreed, but it's still a massive improvement over mandating that all encryption used by citizens be thoroughly crippled. The status quo should be that the degree to which Government can intrude into citizens privacy is limited by law and subject to open public debate. We're not quite there yet, either in the US or here in the UK, but dropping the idea of crippled encryption is at least a step back from the brink even if it's not enough steps back for my liking. It's at least an implicit acknowledgement that the EFF/privacy hippies aren't completely wrong.
Re: Obama Encryption Policy Rejects Laws Mandating Backdoors
#6The Obama administration has continued flawed policies in many areas, especially those infringing on the 4th Amendment.
Re: Obama Encryption Policy Rejects Laws Mandating Backdoors
#7Deceptive title, unintentionally. FTA: "Instead, the Post reports, the “administration will continue trying to persuade companies that have moved to encrypt their customers’ data to create a way for the government to still peer into people’s data when needed for criminal or terrorism investigations.” While eschewing attempts to legislatively mandate that tech companies build backdoors into their services, the preside…
On the other hand, as long as backdoors remain out of legislation, those companies are still free to say "no".
Re: Obama Encryption Policy Rejects Laws Mandating Backdoors
#8The Obama administration has continued flawed policies in many areas, especially those infringing on the 4th Amendment.
The other day I heard someone say (and I'm not exaggerating or excluding key context here), "I think Obama is similar to Hitler. He's changing our Constitution and taking away our freedoms." I couldn't begin to list the things Obama said Bush had overreached on and would end, that he later renewed in one form or another.
Re: Obama Encryption Policy Rejects Laws Mandating Backdoors
#9Deceptive title, unintentionally. FTA: "Instead, the Post reports, the “administration will continue trying to persuade companies that have moved to encrypt their customers’ data to create a way for the government to still peer into people’s data when needed for criminal or terrorism investigations.” While eschewing attempts to legislatively mandate that tech companies build backdoors into their services, the preside…
HN title should have a "- For Now" at the end.
I thought you were making a joke, but it literally says:
"Obama 'will not —for now— call for legislation requiring companies to decode messages for law enforcement.'"
Re: Obama Encryption Policy Rejects Laws Mandating Backdoors
#10The Obama administration has continued flawed policies in many areas, especially those infringing on the 4th Amendment.
A lot of these policies continue because they're considered optimal/necessary by the layer of thinktanks and technocrats that feed Washington its data. I doubt any administration could change them, no matter what was said on their campaign trail.