Feinstein's Anti-Encryption Bill Stalls With Little Support An anti-encryption bill pushed in the wake of Apple's standoff with the FBI appears to be going nowhere fast. Back in April we noted that Senators Dianne Feinstein (CA) and Richard Burr (NC) had introduced the Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016 (pdf), which declared that "to uphold both the rule of law and protect the interests and security of the United States, all persons receiving an authorized judicial order for information or data must provide, in a timely manner, responsive, intelligible information or data, or appropriate technical assistance to obtain such information or data."

quote: Draft legislation that Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Intelligence Committee, had circulated weeks ago likely will not be introduced this year and, even if it were, would stand no chance of advancing, the sources said. Key among the problems was the lack of White House support for legislation in spite of a high-profile court showdown between the Justice Department and Apple Inc over the suspect iPhone, according to Congressional and Obama Administration officials and outside observers. The report leaves enough wiggle room to suggest that the bill could resurface with revisions and in another form, and the push to include mandatory backdoors is certainly not going to be going away anytime soon. It has become fairly standard practice for those in the intelligence community looking to weaken encryption to make renewed pushes after each and every exploitable tragedy (as we saw in the wake of the San Bernardino shootings). Critics argued the act would have effectively made unbreakable encryption against the law, resulting in companies releasing broken, poorly-secured products. With negative public reaction and no White House support for the measure, the Feinstein and Burr push appears to have died The report leaves enough wiggle room to suggest that the bill could resurface with revisions and in another form, and the push to include mandatory backdoors is certainly not going to be going away anytime soon. It has become fairly standard practice for those in the intelligence community looking to weaken encryption to make renewed pushes after each and every exploitable tragedy (as we saw in the wake of the San Bernardino shootings).







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join:2014-08-20 16 recommendations bluefox8 Member Feinstein She is just plain stupid. She is the kind of idiot who would ban cars because someone died in a DUI. bennypete

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join:2014-10-06

Hanover, PA 7 recommendations bennypete Premium Member Bill stalls with Little Support My prediction, it will be back in some form when fewer are paying attention. smk11

join:2014-11-12 4 recommendations smk11 Member Unbreakable encryption is against the law of our secret courts and NSL This is nothing more than security theater to make people feel like privacy and encryption still works for American services. DarkSithPro (banned)

join:2005-02-12

Tempe, AZ 2 recommendations DarkSithPro (banned) Member Tired of legislation from old career Politicians Some of these Senators and Congressmen are in their 20+ year tenure, ageing in their 60's and 70's. No clue on how technology works. Probably have their grandchildren program their iPhone and iPads for them. Yet they they try and pass legislation they have no concept of. Hopefully their intentions are for the people and not special interests to pay for that vacation home in the Florida keys...