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California Bill Would Require Phone Crypto Backdoors
Trailrunner7 writes with this except from On The Wire: A week after a New York legislator introduced a bill that would require smartphone vendors to be able to decrypt users' phones on demand from law enforcement, a California bill with the same intent has been introduced in that state's assembly. On Wednesday, California Assemblyman Jim Cooper submitted a bill that has remarkably similar language to the New York measure and would require that device manufacturers and operating system vendors such as Apple, Samsung, and Google be able to decrypt users' devices. The law would apply to phones sold in California beginning Jan. 1, 2017.
Of course, "smartphone vendors" wouldn't be able to decrypt voice calls sent using VoIP software that was encrypted outside their domain of influence.
During initial set up, flip on encryption... there you go, you can have that one for free Apple...
My eyes reflect the stars and a smile lights up my face.
Wouldn't be the first time you couldn't buy something in CA.
Minimum threshold fixed. Thanks!
Don't see a (R) after a politician's name? Must be a Democrat. Want to see if I'm right?
DING! Winner winner chicken dinner.
Not that both big parties aren't corrupt as hell, but this is such a petty affectation...
the NSA probably paid nothing. the vendors "paid nothing" as well. this is a $hakedown of the vendors. campaign donations or else.
Encryption is known to the State of California to cause cancer.
Land of the free? Home of the brave? How's that working out for you?
Oh, wait, is it brave to cower in the corner jumping at shadows in case the bogeyman comes along? I've lost track?
Now cue a bunch of people telling us how they're still free. Go ahead, I love a good laugh.
Papers please, comrade. If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
Leave it to an ex-cop to seek powers for law enforcement at the cost of individuals. I am disappoint. Not the least bit surprised, but disappoint. If this passes, I would be completely in favor of both Apple and Google saying "screw you guys, we're picking a new home".
How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.
Don't just vote Republican. Vote for someone who has a record of keeping promises to increase our liberty and decrease government power, taxation, and spending.
China would be so proud!
I work with about a 120 people at a startup in downtown SF, and we have 4 known Republicans. They've infested everything here.
"The law would apply to phones sold in California beginning Jan. 1, 2017"
So, that'd be OK. They don't block possession, use, or carrier registration, just sales by vendors that are located in the state. This may also prevent mail-order purchase from the Apple Store in say, Michigan, because Apple has a "business presence" in California. (collection of sales tax usually works that way) OTOH if you get one off ebay from someone whose store is outside CA, you're fine.
I'd personally like to see Apple very publicly give the finger to the CA legislature and make it extremely clear in very blunt terms that iPhones not being for sale there is the direct and exclusive result of the residents of the state electing retards and shills to make their laws. Losing CA for a year or two won't hurt them much, and will pay off big in the long run for future sales in CA as the voters stomp to the polls to vote with their iphones.
This isn't like most of the "extreme" legislation they pass on things like emissions, product safety, and other consumer protection. The public gets NO direct or clear benefit from this legislation, and results in a noticeable impact to a huge portion of the voters in the state. The legislature will try to justify it of course, but there just isn't enough spin available to keep that top from falling on its face.
I work for the Department of Redundancy Department.
This just catches the low level criminals and normal people. Mafia, KGB & Israeli Mossad will just use older iPhones and other methods.
Yeah.... but if even *one* Californian makes it to the Nevada shore... the cycle will start all over again...
My eyes reflect the stars and a smile lights up my face.
Feinstein is a senator in D.C.
This is being introduced in the state assembly (essentially the equivalent of the House of Representatives, but at the state level).
-- I have monkeys in my pants.
Lawmakers pass a bill declaring pi = 3, saving the world many thousands of hours of tedious calculation. Hooray!
When I take out my SIM card, my phone still boots.
But fails to penetrate a device used by organized crime, terrorists, a technologically adept pedophile, or a well connected businessman.
Is Joe the Plumber the threat here? because that's about all this regulation will stop.
PS - I usually buy my smartphones on aliexpress and import them to California.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Just wait until they figure out that this enables hackers to ransom/post photos of them with their mistress.
I miss the cold war.
Back in the good old days the "free west", would tout it's political and social freedom as why it was on the side of humanity.
Something for the oppressed behind the iron curtain to dream of attaining and seeing their over lords for the tyrants they were.
Then down came the Berlin Wall.
Today you'd think the history books on the communist era in east Europe were the manuals/manifestos for state control in the West.
The only thing our governments needs to be better than today is IS.
'Operating System' is giving it a bit more credit.
And the protocol between the SIM and the phone is public, well known and very simple.
You can see exactly what it's doing.
if I was making cellphones, that's what I'd do. cut 'em off like Murderistan. the people would rise up and throw those asshats out of office in two days. probably throw them off a cliff into the sea. pity, some poor shark would die of a tummyache.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
It's another example of California "me too" politicians attempting to appear that they are bettering society.
Take a look at Leland Yee for similar tactics.
His sentencing is scheduled to occur next month.
(Anti gun dude that was caught by FBI trying to ship in illegal firearms in containers from the Philippines).
He plea bargained to corruption and they dropped the firearms charges.
This fuggin' state is run by a bunch of nuts.