Encryption
Publications
Introduction
For the past several decades, policymakers, law enforcement, private companies, civil liberties advocates and cybersecurity specialists have been locked in a passionate yet seemingly…
WASHINGTON (June 21, 2021)—In June 2020 the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act was introduced, which could compel companies to assist governments by breaking their own encryption. This led some to…
From Axios:
Why it matters: It’s more international pressure on tech companies to put backdoors into their encrypted systems, even though experts, including the former FBI general counsel,…
From Center for Democracy & Technology:
Today, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) led a coalition of 26 civil society organizations in urging the United States Senate to reject…
From Coindesk:
“There’s no such thing as a backdoor just for good guys,” said Daisy Soderberg-Rivkin, a fellow focusing on children and technology at the R Street Institute, a policy think…
From Axios:
“It is time for governmental authorities — including law enforcement — to embrace encryption because it is one of the few mechanisms that the United States and its allies can use…
From Axios:
“It is time for governmental authorities — including law enforcement — to embrace encryption because it is one of the few mechanisms that the United States and its allies can use…
From The Washington Post:
The Tech, Law and Security program at the American University Washington Collect of Law and R Street Institute will host a virtual discussion on the challenge of…
From The Center for Internet and Society:
The decades-old debate between governments and key tech companies over encryption has flared up again. From Australia to the U.S. Congress, encryption…
On Tuesday, April 28, the R Street Institute hosted a discussion between Michael Chertoff, former secretary of Homeland Security, and Jim Baker, former general counsel of the FBI and R Street…