PDF: https://cdt.org/files/2015/12/Issue-brief-A-backdoor-to-encryption-for-gover... ---- *Issue Brief: A “Backdoor” to Encryption for Government Surveillance * March 03, 2016 Security & Surveillance Encrypting smartphones and other devices helps protect against malicious hacking, identity theft, phone theft, and other crimes. However, a government mandate requiring companies to build a “backdoor” into encryption for surveillance would put consumers at grave risk and impose heavy costs on US businesses. The government can obtain information for investigations from other sources, and may be able to compel an individual to decrypt information with a search warrant. What companies have done recently: Apple and Google recently announced that their smartphones will be “encrypted by default.” All the data stored on the phone itself will be unreadable to anyone who accesses the phone without knowing the device passcode, in order to unlock the encryption. Weak encryption (or obvious passwords) can be broken, but Apple and Google will apply strong encryption to their devices. Many other companies and nonprofits have long offered products and services secured by strong encryption to the public. […] Continua qui: https://cdt.org/insight/issue-brief-a-backdoor-to-encryption-for-government-...