Initial reviews of Android 5.0 Lollipop, the first take on providing super encryption so impenetrable that no one -- not law enforcement or even Google itself can crack it -- indicate an overwhelmingly uniform response from consumers whose privacy it was designed to protect: Nobody likes this sucker. Six weeks after the release of Lollipop, market surveys show that fewer … [Read more...]
Will Apple iOS 8 Encryption Spur Demand for Lawful Intercept?
When FBI Director James Comey took the podium in a recent public forum on “going dark,” all in attendance agreed that Apple iOS 8 encryption and other measures designed to render mobile devices impenetrable will make it far more difficult for law enforcement to gather evidence essential to prosecuting criminals. But the one point no one, including Comey, thought to address: … [Read more...]