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09-18-2015, 09:40 AM
When it comes to-cryptowars 2.0, the FBI still can’t admit that it’s on the wrong side of history. Ever since Apple and Google announced last fall that new iPhone and Android phones would be encrypted by default, FBI Director James Comey has been complaining that the growing prevalence of encrypted devices and Internet services will prevent law enforcement from obtaining the data it needs for its investigations. While it’s sparked a yearlong-policy battle-between Washington and Silicon Valley over encryption, Mr. Comey and his colleagues still have yet to reveal much in the way of-concrete examples-in which strong encryption is causing the kinds of problems that they fear –-while there’s plenty of reason to think-it-will actually-stop more crimes-than it will shield from scrutiny.

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