{"id":1742,"date":"2020-06-25T16:17:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T16:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2020-06-26T04:24:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T04:24:26","slug":"legislative-trend-mandating-encryption-and-tech-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/legislative-trend-mandating-encryption-and-tech-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative TREND. Mandating Encryption and Tech Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legislative proposal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/releases\/graham-cotton-blackburn-introduce-balanced-solution-to-bolster-national-security-end-use-of-warrant-proof-encryption-that-shields-criminal-activity\">The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What would the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee ask of Tech Companies?  &#8220;end to &#8220;warrant-proof&#8221; encryption that&#8217;s disrupted criminal investigations&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does this mean in practical terms? Requires tech companies to help law enforcement access encrypted data if their help would assist in carrying out a warrant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is this the same as a backdoor into encrypted devices? Almost, but no, it is not the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What else does the bill do? The Attorney General can create a competition for who can devise  a way to access encrypted data while protecting privacy and security<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/republicans-push-bill-requiring-tech-companies-to-help-access-encrypted-data\/\">CNET | Republicans push bill requiring tech companies to help access encrypted data<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legislative proposal: The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act What would the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee ask of Tech Companies? &#8220;end to &#8220;warrant-proof&#8221; encryption that&#8217;s disrupted criminal investigations&#8221; What does this mean in practical terms? Requires tech companies to help law enforcement access encrypted data if their help would assist in carrying out a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1753,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions\/1753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}