Or, maybe, they were standing in the way?
Barr on Monday
Which can't be done without making the weaknesses accessible to all, all of the time.
But the Magic Backdoor is back
Barr on Monday
While speaking today in New York, Barr demanded eavesdropping mechanisms be added to consumer-level software and devices, mechanisms that can be used by investigators to forcibly decrypt and pry into strongly end-to-end encrypted chats, emails, files, and calls. No ifs, no buts.
Which can't be done without making the weaknesses accessible to all, all of the time.
But the Magic Backdoor is back
“I’m well aware that these are provocative subjects in some quarters,” the FBI Director opined. “I get a little frustrated when people suggest that we're trying to weaken encryption — or weaken cybersecurity more broadly. We're doing no such thing.”