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“Senior officials debated whether to ask Congress to effectively outlaw end-to-end encryption” https://t.co/IViY9nS9JJ
— Neeraj K. Agrawal (@NeerajKA) June 28, 2019
1/ In a decade, liberal vs totalitarian societies will delineated by freedom to encrypt. This freedom *is* freedom of speech and freedom of property in a digital age. https://t.co/HDH9qssAaM
— Ari Paul ⛓️ (@AriDavidPaul) June 28, 2019
Scoop: The National Security Council held a deputies committee meeting (key agencies' No. 2 officials) on Wednesday morning to discuss encryption and whether to ask Congress for legislation.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) June 27, 2019
No final decision, per sources.
Story: https://t.co/5QsE4ra2EY
SCOOP by @ericgeller: Senior Trump officials met Wednesday to debate whether to seek a ban on end-to-end encryption unless law enforcement has access. The encryption wars might be back. By @ericgeller https://t.co/G3ehI51mLg
— Bob King (@BKingDC) June 27, 2019
ah yes, making math illegal https://t.co/R15tNHr71n
— Ⅴⅰⅴⅰαη (@suchnerve) June 28, 2019
Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton...
— Rev. Robert R. Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) June 28, 2019
ALL of these administrations failed to do something fundamental when discussing policy about encryption:
... stack the team with encryption and technology experts.https://t.co/HXxscdRP3D
I don't think an encryption-busting bill could pass either chamber of Congress at this point. It probably has better odds in the Senate, but in the House, even with Ted Poe gone, there's strong bipartisan support for encryption.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) June 27, 2019
We haven't heard about many high-level NSC meetings on encryption during the Trump era. There was a deputies meeting in April, per @dnvolz (https://t.co/UQeiA6Y29m), but they're rare.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) June 27, 2019
Could this be a sign that activity is about to pick back up?
Frankly any legislation banning encryption--either end-to-end or device --will be tough to pass in Congress. Nice scoop by @ericgeller. https://t.co/zsDocFvkSU
— Ellen Nakashima (@nakashimae) June 27, 2019
You can't have effective, large-scale, non-democratic state without this: https://t.co/WdhUGqTh98
— Kontra (@counternotions) June 28, 2019
Law Enforcement officials keeps repeating the phrase "going dark" as though if they say it enough it must be a real thing.
— Bill AbolishICEbutForReal Budington ? (@legind) June 28, 2019
It isn't. It's a myth. LE has more access to our comings and goings, our social networks, and our biometrics than ever before.https://t.co/0Swk0FIYp4
With everything else going on in the administration, this isn't the kind of thing you bother senior-most officials with — unless (a) someone powerful really cares about the issue or (b) there's general agreement that it's time to act.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) June 27, 2019
You just know if end to end encryption is outlawed it will be the most at risk to be compromised 1st: govt agencies, defense contractors, big corps. https://t.co/jyGOfTHpnz
— Chris Wysopal (@WeldPond) June 28, 2019
Inside the government, there are two clear sides (DOJ/FBI vs. Commerce and State), with DHS split (CISA vs. Secret Service/ICE).
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) June 27, 2019
DOJ has traditionally held the upper hand, and Trump personally attacked Apple over San Bernardino during the 2016 campaign.
Still, evident deadlock.
John Bolton has significantly scaled back NSC deputies committee meetings, so the fact that deputy secretaries and deputy agency directors — who have a lot to do, especially with so many secretary/director vacancies — decided to meet on this is interesting.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) June 27, 2019
There were two options on the table at the NSC meeting, per a source: releasing statement with a general position or asking Congress to ban end-to-end encryption.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) June 27, 2019
Whatever went on in that room, there wasn't agreement on how to proceed.
So this is happening again. https://t.co/yKfCRdzeec
— Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) June 27, 2019
@EricGeller scoops on Trump officials weighing encryption crackdown. Legislation to ban device encryption still seems seems a tough row to hoe, imho. https://t.co/zsDocFvkSU
— Ellen Nakashima (@nakashimae) June 27, 2019
Regardless of your political beliefs, this should concern you.https://t.co/5U4YOBTCH4
— Derek Cox (@DACox17) June 28, 2019
/r/privacy: trump administration considering banning end-to-end encryption https://t.co/gnLJPnoccp
— crypto retreat (@cryptoretreat) June 28, 2019
Trump administration considering banning end-to-end encryption – Politico https://t.co/9vJDbAtVis by @benlovejoy pic.twitter.com/tLHI9cyc34
— 9to5Google.com (@9to5Google) June 28, 2019
A friend of free speech and privacy he ain’t. https://t.co/UMPIm6VNWB cc: @AmyPeikoff @yaronbrook @ssfreespeech @RubinReport pic.twitter.com/H4e3t6BdUN
— Motive Power ?Ⓚ (@motivepwr) June 28, 2019
Trump administration considering banning end-to-end encryption – Politico https://t.co/PpYJ9S1S4z via @benlovejoy
— Fabian Pimminger (@i_am_fabs) June 28, 2019
Banning end to end encryption would be just asinine. https://t.co/VbYrnA75xm
— Brian Hoffman ??♂️ (@brianchoffman) June 28, 2019
Truly disturbing and not surprising. https://t.co/b6NscIzRkP
— Dave McCrory (@mccrory) June 28, 2019
This is just such a stupid decision to even consider.
— jonny evans (@jonnyevans_cw) June 28, 2019
Say farewell to all your bank details.
Stupid.https://t.co/TMVHZaPgGM
Hey tech people who get squeamish about getting political!
— Ian Coldwater ??✨ (@IanColdwater) June 28, 2019
Can we get political now? https://t.co/WzbRetXdoc
Dear government: banning math doesn’t prevent baddies from using math.
— Preston Byrne (@prestonjbyrne) June 28, 2019
Yours very truly, Crypto Ppl https://t.co/QvlGbIURYW
Concerning story about the Trump admin looking to ban encryption. End-to-end encryption is a necessity for journalists to work with & protect their sources.
— Freedom of the Press (@FreedomofPress) June 28, 2019
Forcing companies to backdoor encryption would be a disaster for free speech, privacy & security. https://t.co/26lCA1sACa
If you outlaw encryption, only the outlaws will have encryption.https://t.co/3G3pr7jU5u
— Christian Gribneau (@gribneau) June 28, 2019
USA will again discuss forbidding the provision of end-to-end encryption to users. In 2017 European Parliament voted to have E2E guaranteed for users. But now the #ePrivacy in Europe regulation is stuck. https://t.co/IJP6Yy8pVI
— Lukasz Olejnik (@lukOlejnik) June 28, 2019
This is not complicated: free countries do not ban encryption https://t.co/JU3GB3RU8m
— Thomas Rid (@RidT) June 28, 2019
Trump administration considering banning end-to-end encryption https://t.co/US0tPlPqnr
— anonymous (@AnonQC) June 28, 2019
The Trump Administration wants to force centralized walled garden messaging platforms to backdoor encryption. They can probably do it too. This is why we must support decentralized, private, and open source communications systems no politicians can stop. https://t.co/N9X9kdGhDg
— Lance R. Vick (@lrvick) June 28, 2019
Remember: if the encryption isn't strong enough to protect the bad guys, it's not strong enough to protect the good guys either. https://t.co/KKUUtgT2b7
— Howard Chu (@hyc_symas) June 28, 2019
This would be a disaster: Fight crypto backdoors! Trump officials weigh encryption crackdown https://t.co/GtuemZ9hYA
— Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D. (@AnnCavoukian) June 28, 2019
If Trump tries to do this, it will show, in yet another way, that it’s certainly not America he wants to make great again. In America we believe in the warrant requirement—which means, actually having to present warrants to the subject of an investigation. https://t.co/yi7HamVBsz
— Amy Peikoff ??? (@AmyPeikoff) June 28, 2019
You can’t make doing math illegal https://t.co/ZDgrRAfbaP
— Allan Lasser (@allanlasser) June 28, 2019
SCOOP by @ericgeller: Senior Trump officials met Wednesday to debate whether to seek a ban on end-to-end encryption unless law enforcement has access. The encryption wars might be back. By @ericgeller https://t.co/G3ehI51mLg
— Bob King (@BKingDC) June 27, 2019
I don’t understand how: 1) this wouldn’t constitute a 1A violation 2) you can outlaw large primes ? https://t.co/yDvx14tccp
— Camille Fassett (@camfassett) June 28, 2019