Comey Renews Debate Over Encryption – 550 KTSA

The FBI Director renews the debate over encryption during a stop at the University of Texas.

Its a debate that has been going on in the aftermath of the San Bernardino Terror Attackwith the feds trying to break the encryption around the phone used by one of the terrorists.

Apple took its case against cooperating with those efforts to the publicafter federal authorities got the courts involved in the fight.

Look one of the worlds I can imagine I dont know whether this makes sense a requirement that if youre going to sell a device or market a device in the United States, you must be able to comply with judicial process you figure out how to do it Comey said Thursday Morning, admitting his interests are a bit different than those of companies looking to sell products and win shares of the market.

As those devices become off limits to judicial authoritythats a change in the way we live Comey said.

My job is to worry about public safety. Their job is to worry about innovating and selling more units I totally get that Comey said.

The FBI Director said its not for himor for companies to decide unilaterally what the process and proper standards should bebut said it is a discussion we need to haveand a question we need to answersooner rather than later.

We cant have this conversation after something really bad happens Comey said.

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