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The Encryption Farce

4 pointsby mrmaddogabout 9 years ago

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mrmaddogabout 9 years ago
If you don&#x27;t have a Wall Street Journal subscription, a Google redirect link might help [1]. Alternatively, here are a few choice quotes from this biting WSJ editorial:<p><pre><code> Is anyone in charge at the Justice Department, or are junior prosecutors running the joint? </code></pre> [...]<p><pre><code> Such assertions were as false in Brooklyn as in San Bernardino. Two hours and a half before a deadline on Friday night, the government withdrew the case after “an individual provided the passcode to the iPhone,” according to legal filings. This second immaculate conception in as many months further undermines the FBI’s credibility about its technological capabilities. Judges ought to exercise far more scrutiny in future decryption cases even as Mr. Comey continues to pose as helpless. </code></pre> [...]<p><pre><code> Yet forgive us if this “conversation” now seems more like a Jim Comey monologue. The debate might start to be productive if the FBI Director would stop trying to use the courts as an ad hoc policy tool and promised not to bring any more cases like the one in Brooklyn. </code></pre> [...]<p><pre><code> Meanwhile, the White House has taken the profile-in-courage stand of refusing to endorse or oppose any encryption bill that Congress may propose. If the Obama team won’t start adjusting to the technological realities of strong and legal encryption, they could at least exercise some adult supervision at Main Justice. </code></pre> [1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiDlcvmx6vMAhVEzGMKHehKAJ8QqQIIHjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fthe-encryption-farce-1461624399&amp;usg=AFQjCNE-WzsDeMUndBp6a2jGyFh2suDFBA&amp;sig2=flfE9ZqaeYKsK_1O3EEBTw" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;c...</a>