Assemblymember Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove), along with the Sacramento
County District Attorney’s office, crime victim’s families, and bill
supporters, announced at a state capitol news conference the
introduction of Assembly Bill 1681. The legislation will help law
enforcement investigate and prosecute suspected criminals and criminal
organizations that are involved in human trafficking and other serious
crimes. In 2014, cell phone manufactures began providing new operating
systems for smartphones and tablets, these new operating systems
employ, by default, “full-disk encryption” (FDE). That can be a problem
for law enforcement investigators. “Human traffickers are using
encrypted cell phones to run and conceal their criminal activities,”
said Assemblymember Cooper. “Full-disk encrypted operating systems
provide criminals an invaluable tool to prey on women, children, and
threaten our freedoms while making the legal process of judicial court
orders useless.”
Article and video: http://asmdc.org/members/a09/news-room/video-gallery/cooper-introduces-human-trafficking-investigation-legislation
So, they are against Full-Disk Ecryption because:
Full-disk encrypted operating systems
provide criminals an invaluable tool to prey on women, children, and
threaten our freedoms
Really? Let´s scream something really scary so if someone opposes it they support the bad guys!
I am not from The USA myself, but i see this having bad consequences for the rest of the western world.
(Title might me a little exaggerated.)
