Chiara Castro reports:
Crime shouldn’t be an excuse to break encryption. Encrypted communications are either secure – and private – or they are not.
That’s what some experts told TechRadar, commenting on recent Europol’s chief statement. Talking to the Financial Times, Catherine De Bolle said that technology giants have a “social responsibility” to give the police access to encrypted messages used by criminals.
“Anonymity is not a fundamental right,” she said, arguing that law enforcement needs to be able to decrypt encrypted messages to fight back crime.
Experts, however, warn that creating a backdoor for law enforcement will undermine the protection for all, opening up to unmaintained consequences.
Read more at TechRadar.
h/t, Joe Cadillic