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Decrypted: Police leaks, iOS 14 kills ad-tracking, anti-encryption bill

Decrypted: Police leaks, iOS 14 kills ad-tracking, anti-encryption bill

4 years ago
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https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/decrypted-police-leaks-anti-encryption/

What would the world look like if encryption were outlawed? If three Republican senators get their way, it might just happen.

Under the guise of national security, the Senate Judiciary Committee pushed through a draft bill that would end “warrant-proof” encryption — that is strong, near-impossible to break encryption that lets only the device owner unlock their data and nobody else. Silicon Valley quickly embraced this approach, not least because it cuts even the tech giants out of the loop so that the feds can’t demand they hand over their users’ data.