FBI tells tech companies offering encryption to reconsider “their business model”
by Xeni Jardin from on (#X71P)
Despite zero indication the people responsible for recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino used encryption, the FBI is launching an all-out PR war on crypto.
Now, FBI director James Comey is making tech firms that offer end-to-end encryption tools an offer they can't refuse: they should reconsider "their business model," he said today, and instead adopt encryption techniques that let them intercept communications, and hand them over to law enforcement when asked.