(October 16, 2014 at 5:52 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Um...
http://apnews.excite.com/article/2014101...11dbc.html
Quote:WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey warned in stark terms Thursday against the push by technology companies to encrypt smartphone data and operating systems, arguing that murder cases could be stalled, suspects could walk free and justice could be thwarted by a locked phone or an encrypted hard drive.
My reaction is 'fuck the FBI.'
Quote:While the companies' actions are understandable, Comey said, "the place they are leading us is one we shouldn't go to without careful thought and debate."
Oh, does he mean like the careful thought and debate which went into the NSA snooping operations on the entire fucking world?
Three words: "get a warrant". Four more words: "get a court order".
The courts are certainly empowered to compel suspects to decrypt encrypted devices as part of discovery when appropriate. With the device in your custody, it's not as if the suspect is going to tamper with it.
Maybe you fuckers should have gone on fewer fishing expeditions.