07.10.2014 - 12:51 [ Techdirt ]

Washington Post‘s Clueless Editorial On Phone Encryption: No Backdoors, But How About A Magical ‚Golden Key‘?

The Washington Post editorial board has weighed in on the recent „controversy“ over Apple and Google‘s smart decision to start encrypting mobile devices by default. The „controversy“ itself seems pretty hyped up by law enforcement types who are either lying or clueless about the technology. Throwing a bunch of technically ignorant newspaper editors into the mix probably wasn‘t the wisest of decisions.