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James Comey: the Man Who Wants To Outlaw Encryption

Posted by samzenpus on from the man-with-a-terrible-plan dept.

Patrick O'Neill writes: "There has not been a tradeoff between liberty and security in our response to terrorism in this country and in our efforts to offer security to the people of the United States," said James Comey, now the director of the FBI. Comey was the number two man in the Department of Justice during the Bush years when NSA and law enforcement surveillance of Americans grew to unprecedented heights. Now he's pushing to stop encryption by default on Apple and Android devices.

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  1. Re: correct by epyT-R · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't get the european submissive, self-hating complex. European governments piss all over your civil rights with draconian law, and native cultures with 'multiculturalism', and when the barbarian cultures your politicians love so much shoot up a few political cartoonists, you instead blame western society for being 'insensitive.' Offending christians? A-ok, offending muslims? OMG hate speech! (As an atheist, I think that's crazy.)

    I'd rather avoid following europe's lead (if you could call it leadership) if it means avoiding that kind of spineless effeminacy.