Senate 'anti-security' bill that would require encryption backdoors is 'dead'

[steven36]

A bipartisan bill that would have forced tech companies to put encryption backdoors in order to ensure customer data can always be turned over to the government is reportedly "dead."

 

 

 

The news was first reported by Reuters on Friday, which said a lack of support from the Obama administration, as well as an "ambivalence" by the NSA and CIA, which argue the bill would interfere with its encryption efforts should it become law.

 

Silicon Valley giants were resoundingly mute upon the bill's debut, but the report also said that the tech industry had no support for the bill -- a position not all surprising given the pro-encryption push by tech companies since the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations.

 

One civil liberties groups heralded the bill's demise. The Electronic Frontier Foundation called the bill "terrible for digital security," and was mocked as a "do magic" bill by security thought leaders.

 

The bill released last month by Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), two leading senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee, would require tech companies and phone makers to decrypt customer data at a court's request.

 

But with the constant, looming threats of nation-state attackers, encryption keeps vital information scrambled and unreadable to the outside eye -- and keeps data on the internet secure.

 

It came in the aftermath of the Apple vs. FBI ruckus, in which the government pushed the technology giant to write new software that would bypass the unbreakable encryption on the iPhone used by the San Bernardino shooter -- a request that Apple denied.

 

That refusal to help pushed Feinstein and Burr to create the Compliance With Court Orders Act, which congressional colleague Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said in a tweet would "undermine the foundation of cybersecurity for millions of Americans," making them "less safe."

 

The Burr-Feinstein bill echoed similar sentiments announced at the state level in California and New York, both of which would prohibit the sale of encrypted devices that can't be opened by law enforcement.

Neither Burr or Feinstein's offices could be reached for comment on Sunday.

 

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[dMog]

don't  worry  this beast will ALWAYS  find ways to resurrect itself 

[steven36]

55 minutes ago, dMog said:

don't  worry  this beast will ALWAYS  find ways to resurrect itself 

You said the same-thing about NSA reform last year but now there's very little about the NSA in the news anymore its all the FBI this and the  FBI  that and the same ones that rocked the  NSA's world is going to rock the FBIs world if the Stop Mass Hacking Act bill passes witch I hope it does .

 

More on the Stop Mass Hacking Act

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-warrants-idUSKCN0YA23I

 

[dMog]

yes Stephen so do i...  but one way or another it will again resurrect itself... it always has   people have short memories...Ron Reagan is looked upon with nostalgia as a good president if not great...  yet he had a secret war going and was the instigator of  that Iran-contra illegal activities ,,,Clinton cheated on his wife and the opposition wanted to crucify him for that.... politics id very strange indeed

[CODYQX4]

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[steven36]

12 hours ago, CODYQX4 said:

Reform in name only. Smoke and Mirrors to appease the sheep while they continue on

What's you're idea of reform ? get rid of the NSA  all together ? Then things want be alright for sure , You know  how many countries  that would love to see the USA  get rid of its intelligence? I never had no trouble with the NSA  have you ? The last time we  were asleep  9-11  happened.  Almost every country have there version of the NSA But the sad thing is everyone be focusing on the NSA and the FBI  and the others will  be all up in you're computer unnoticed because there state spies and thats what they do,  just like the NSA  has been doing for a 100 years under some name or the other.

 

Most of you  never had a idea there was such thing as privacy  tell Snowden  told everyone,  some of us already knew  what they was doing every since 9-11 .  Before Snowden  Google , Microsoft ,Apple ,Facebook and Yahoo and others were working with the NSA.  If its Smoke and Mirrors like you say then  you are the sheep and corporate America is herding  us all toward the wolf .

 

[CODYQX4]

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[steven36]

1 hour ago, CODYQX4 said:

Shut up and consume, don't question us.

 

There was a time that thinking this made you a paranoid conspiracy theorist, but it has become established fact, and the masses will never truly care because they already whore their entire life out on Facebook for attention anyway, and the government is always good and never wrong and the mainstream media said any problems are now reformed so back to posting geotagged selfies for fake attention from fake friends.

 

I was just a kid without internet whatsoever when 9/11 happened, so of course I wasn't running privacy software back then.

You can question what the NSA does, but really it's not going to do any good, it's not like there going share classified info with you, even countries that that have counter intelligence are not going to tell you what they know about them  only Snowden knows what happened  over 2 years ago  so he dont shit about whats going on today ..When he told On the NSA  he didn't tell nothing to the world others didn't know already Russia said that he didn't tell nothing they didn't know  and since  he is wanted. the Russians know more than  what he knows today   .Some  Prism actors  who helped the NSA bring down al-Qaeda leaders after 9-11 still deny they helped even though it's now public but they still deny it,   but im glad they helped them out .  If you were really  paranoid  about it, you would  just not come on the internet other than to do business. They dont care about you man you're no threat to them  just like most people  are not to them,  the NSA have bigger fish to fry .There not going bother you just because you  exercise  you're  opinion i never heard you say nothing out of  the way .