Overview
The Washington Post’s Cybersecurity 202 quoted Stewart Baker in a June 11 article titled “We Surveyed 100 Experts. A Majority Rejected the FBI's Push for Encryption Back Doors.” The article, which surveys more than 100 cybersecurity leaders from government, academia and the private sector, reveals broad opposition to the FBI’s demand that device and software-makers give law enforcement a built-in way to access encrypted data with a warrant.
Baker, the former Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary for policy and former general counsel for the National Security Agency, tells The Washington Post: “Lack of access means the FBI often cannot tell who a suspect has been communicating with or the contents of those communications. In a terrorism investigation, finding everyone who was involved in the attack is crucial. Taking that ability off the table is likely to reduce Americans' security in the long run.”
The full article can be read at The Washington Post.
