The investigative share that information with Democrat Diane Feinstein and Republican Richard Burr, who work together on a bill that would limit the use of encryption in consumer electronics. Reported that the National Journal .
Recently, the FBI stopped a lawsuit against Apple, which the iPhone maker was asked to assist in cracking the phone of a terrorist. Apple refused, but the FBI found through a third party still a way to search the iPhone.
How that works exactly does the investigation department under the cap. Apple do not know if for example a software vulnerability that allows cracking iPhones. The FBI does have offered to help local police with hacking phones.
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It is not clear exactly what the content of the proposal by Feinstein and Burr will be, but possible that yet published this week. According to sources from Reuters However, the law will not be supported by the White House, the US government will have the least number of outlets.
Inside President Obama’s cabinet would major divisions exist on the encryption issue. The FBI and other authorities are concerned that strong encryption will cause problems in the detection of criminals, but according to privacy advocates and tech companies are scrambling just a good way to protect the data of individuals and businesses.
White house would likely consider it unlikely that a controversial bill about encryption in an election year can be assumed by the highly divided Congress
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