01.10.2014 - 16:32 [ Techdirt ]

Absolutely Disgusting: Eric Holder Implies That Mobile Encryption Will Lead To Dead & Abused Kids

Well, you knew it was coming. First, law enforcement trotted out random low level „law enforcement officials“ to freak out about Apple and Google‘s announced plans to make encryption the default on mobile phones. Then it got taken up a notch when FBI boss James Comey lashed out at the idea, bizarrely arguing that merely encrypting your data made individuals „above the law“ (none of that is accurate). And, now, Comey‘s boss, Attorney General Eric Holder has stepped up to issue a similar warning. However, Holder has cynically chosen to do so at the Biannual Global Alliance Conference Against Child Sexual Abuse Online.