Former FBI Director James Comey Reveals How Apple and Google's Encryption Efforts Drove Him 'Crazy' (fastcompany.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: In his explosive new book, A Higher Loyalty, fired FBI director James Comey denounces President Trump as "untethered to the truth" and likens him to a "mob boss," but he also touches on other topics during his decades-long career in law enforcement -- including his strong objection to the tech industry's encryption efforts. When Apple and Google announced in 2014 that they would be moving their mobile devices to default encryption, by emphasizing that making them immune to judicial orders was good for society, "it drove me crazy," he writes. He goes on to lament the lack of "true listening" between tech and law enforcement, saying that "the leaders of the tech companies don't see the darkness the FBI sees," such as terrorism and organized crime.

He writes, "I found it appalling that the tech types couldn't see this. I would frequently joke with the FBI 'Going Dark' team assigned to seek solutions, 'Of course the Silicon Valley types don't see the darkness -- they live where it's sunny all the time and everybody is rich and smart." But Comey understood it was an unbelievably difficult issue and that public safety had to be balanced with privacy concerns.

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[OffTheLip]

I hope it continues to drive him and others of his ilk crazy.

Re:Comey should be grateful to Trump

[quantaman]

Odd how quickly you trust news stories that come from other biases only and from even less credible sources when you want them to be true.

How often do you put your own beliefs on news through the same process?

I subject my beliefs and sources of information to constant scrutiny.

But I'm under no obligation to treat the far-right propagandist cargo cults masquerading as news organizations with anything other than scorn.

Again with this one, I did my obligatory research, and in place of a fire I found clowns throwing smoke bombs.