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US attorney general says encryption creates security risk

on July 23, 2019

"Gail Kent, Facebook’s global public policy lead on security, recently said that allowing the government’s ability to gain access to encrypted communications would jeopardize cybersecurity for millions of law-abiding people who rely on it. WhatsApp is owned by Facebook.

“It’s impossible to create any backdoor that couldn’t be discovered, and exploited, by bad actors,” Kent said."

Date Published:07/23/2019
Original Publication:Associated Press

Published in: Press , Cybersecurity , Electronic Surveillance , Fourth Amendment , Privacy