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N. Carolina Senator Drafting Bill To Criminalize Apple's Refusal To Aid Decryption (arstechnica.com)

Posted by timothy on from the authority-trumps-consent dept.

Ars Technica reports that North Carolina senator Richard Burr says he plans to introduce legislation "to criminalize a company's refusal to aid decryption efforts as part of a governmental investigation." In a USA Today op-ed, Burr, griping that "[t]he newest Apple operating systems allow device access only to users," even Apple itself can't get in," drags out the usual bugaboos: "Murderers, pedophiles, drug dealers and the others are already using this technology to cover their tracks."

Updated Friday 12:40pm EST: The Wall Street Journal reports Senate Panel Chief Decides Against Plan to Criminalize Firms That Don't Decipher Encrypted Messages

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  1. No mention of party... by damn_registrars · · Score: 1, Troll

    What a surprise that slashdot made no mention of the fact that Richard Burr is a Republican. Leaving it out allows the slashdot conservative base to more easily pretend that this bill isn't coming from one of their own.

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