In the name of keeping us secure,the FBI wants to lower everyone’s security online – even whether terrorists will still be able to use encryption unimpededAfter months and months of telling the American public that cybersecurity was the nation’s number one precedence and that it’s “impossible to overstate” the threat from hackers, the FBI director and many senators spent Wednesday calling for a law that would indisputably weaken online security for everyone. In the name of fighting terrorism, and emboldened by the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino,the FBI director Jim Comey was in front of Congress again trying to scare Americans about the supposed dangers of encrypted messaging apps that are used by billions of people. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com