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Encryption Law
217 published works
Inside Privacy
China Enacts Encryption Law
By Yan Luo, Eric Carlson
On October 26, 2019, China enacted a landmark Encryption Law, which will take effect on January 1, 2020. The Encryption Law significantly reshapes the regulatory landscape for commercial encryption, including…
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Attorney General Barr Urges Facebook to Halt Plans for Encrypted Messaging
I suppose this was entirely predictable. As The Hill reported, in an open letter published on October 4, Attorney General William Barr and acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan joined…
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30 Organizations Warn G7 Leaders: Do Not Weaken Encryption
SecureWorld carried a post on August 26th reporting that The Internet Society and a total of 30 organizations sent an open letter to world leaders at this week's G7 Summit.…
Bench & Bar of Minnesota
Too secure? Encryption and law enforcement
By Minnesota State Bar Association
<h6>By Mark Lanterman</h6> <p ><br /> The U.S. government is reviving a push to force technology companies to undermine their own security by creating backdoors for the sake of easier…
Mike McBride Online
Linked: The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security
By Mike McBride
Bruce is right on here: “In his keynote address at the International Conference on Cybersecurity, Attorney General William Barr argued that companies should weaken encryption systems to gain access to…
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Attorney General Barr Concedes That Backdoors Degrade Security
As RTL readers know, I am a big fan of cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier who is blunt, quotable, and generally (thank you My Cousin Vinny) "balls-on accurate." In a recent…
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Facebook Denies That it Plans to Backdoor WhatsApp
There was a lot of buzz last week over reported plans by Facebook (FB) to insert a backdoor in WhatsApp, including a post by the highly respected Bruce Schneier. Schneier's…
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Attorney General Barr Demands Tech Firms Break Encryption: “It Can and Must Be Done”
It is frightening, to those who give a damn about privacy, that both Attorney General Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray have again taken up the call demanding that technologies…
Inside Privacy
China Releases Updated Draft Encryption Law for Public Comment
By Eric Carlson, Yan Luo
On July 5, 2019, China’s Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) published a new draft Encryption Law (“the draft Law”) for public comment. The draft Law, if enacted…
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Mueller Report: Backdoor Encryption Debate is Still Alive and Well