Deputy AG Rosenstein's Speech on Encryption Rife With Fallacies, Says EFF
The Electronic Frontier Foundation hit back on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for his Tuesday speech about "responsible encryption" (see 1710100028). EFF General Counsel Kurt Opsahl criticized the deputy AG on a number of points in a Wednesday blog post,…
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calling them fallacies. He said Rosenstein's coining of "responsible encryption" is "another glib phrase to describe a backdoor." Opsahl said DOJ has said it wants to have an "adult conversation" on encryption. "This is not it. The DOJ needs to understand that secure end-to-end encryption is a responsible security measure that helps protect people," he said.