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FBI chief tells Senate committee we’re doomed without crypto backdoors
by lelibertaire

    James Comey, the director of the FBI, told a Senate committee Wednesday that the government should have the right to lawfully access any device or electronic form of communication with a lawful court order, even it is encrypted.

    Comey and another Justice Department official briefed the Senate Judiciary Committee and complained that keys necessary to decrypt communications and electronic devices often reside "solely in the hands of the end user"—which they said is emblematic of the so-called "Going Dark problem." Companies should bake encryption backdoors into their products to allow lawful access, they said.