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FBI Director: Without Compromise on Encryption, Legislation May Be the 'Remedy' (cyberscoop.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday that unless the U.S. government and private industry are able to come to a compromise on the issue of default encryption on consumer devices, legislation may be how the debate is ultimately decided. "I think there should be [room for compromise]," Wray said Wednesday night at a national security conference in Aspen, Colorado. "I don't want to characterize private conversations we're having with people in the industry. We're not there yet for sure. And if we can't get there, there may be other remedies, like legislation, that would have to come to bear." Wray described the issue of "Going Dark" because of encryption as a "significant" and "growing" problem for federal, state and local law enforcement as well as foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies. He claims strong encryption on mobile phones keeps law enforcement from gaining access to key evidence as it relates to active criminal investigations. "People are less safe as a result of it," he said.
For over two hundred years we didn't have cellphone encryption so there is no reason to start now! If we had a right to encrypted communications the founding fathers would have put it into the Bill of Rights. Just think of all the crimes that would never have been solved if people could have used encrypted cell phones. History has proven one thing the only way to solve crimes is by getting access to personal cell phone data.
FBI Dimwit Christopher Wray: "I'll have you know that I am admiral and my ship has the right of way!"
Math: "I am a lighthouse..."