But get this, not for businesses' internal comms. They get to keep real encryption.

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Low Barr: Don't give me that crap about security, just put the backdoors in the encryption, roars US Attorney General
I don't want to hear about hackers and keys, nerds – make it happen, or we'll pass a law making it happen
By Iain Thomson in San Francisco 23 Jul 2019

If the cops and Feds can't read people's encrypted messages, you will install backdoors for us, regardless of the security hit, US Attorney General William Barr has told the technology world.

While speaking today in New York, Barr demanded eavesdropping mechanisms be added to consumer-level software and devices, mechanisms that can be used by investigators to forcibly decrypt and pry into strongly end-to-end encrypted chats, files, and calls. No ifs, no buts.

And while this will likely weaken secure data storage and communications – by introducing backdoors that hackers and spies, as well as the cops and FBI, can potentially leverage to snoop on folks – it will be a price worth paying. And, after all, what do you really need that encryption for? Your email and selfies?

“We are not talking about protecting the nation’s nuclear launch codes,” Barr told the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University.

“Nor are we necessarily talking about the customized encryption used by large business enterprises to protect their operations. We are talking about consumer products and services such as messaging, smart phones, email, and voice and data applications.”

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/23/us_encryption_backdoor/