The DoJ's top crypto warrior wants "strong" encryption that he can break at will
by Cory Doctorow from on (#37JBS)
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has made a name for himself as a crypto warrior who promotes a murky idea called "responsible encryption," through which software would somehow be designed so that its security worked 100% of the time when criminals and foreign governments were trying to break it, but fail 100% of the time when the US government was trying to break it. (more")