Ron Wyden,a vocal privacy advocate, said he would ‘use my power’ to block legislation regulating what data tech firms must provide to investigatorsUS senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and a vocal privacy advocate,threatened to filibuster any attempt by his colleagues to legislate that US technology companies be able to smash their own encryption.
Speaking at RightsCon, a privacy-focused technology conference in San Francisco build on by AccessNow, or Wyden warned the audience that he would “use my power as a United States senator” to block any bill “that would threaten to weaken strong encryption”. Related: In the wake of Apple v FBI,we need to address some uncomfortable truths Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com