Senate encryption bill draft mandates 'technical assistance'
This is not just govt access. For a judge to be able to order your computer unlocked, means people at Microsoft, at Lenovo (or whoever you use), and at your ISP all have the keys to unlock your data even if you used an “encryption” feature. You have to trust every company, everywhere to never have a security incident involving the keys.<p>I posted my full thoughts after the first reading through this at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;rietta.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2016&#x2F;04&#x2F;08&#x2F;feinstein-burr-encryption-bill&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;rietta.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2016&#x2F;04&#x2F;08&#x2F;feinstein-burr-encryption...</a>.<p>Specifically, any U.S company would be required to maintain the ability, through unspecified means, to retrieve the plain-text from any data “made unintelligible by a feature, product, or service owned, controlled, created, or provided by the [company].” And the company would then be required to turn over such data in real-time “concurrently with its transmission” or “expeditiously, if stored by the [company] or on a device.”<p>It&#x27;s chilling.