7 hours agoEncryption, problem “very large” for FBI
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Text encryption technology and all materials exchanged through communication platforms have become a major obstacle to FBI investigations. FBI agents and experts have not been able to extract data from about 7 thousand smart phones, since they failed to obtain access to these devices. [...]
Text encryption technology and all materials exchanged through communication platforms have become a major obstacle to FBI investigations.
FBI agents and experts have not been able to extract data from about 7 thousand smart phones, since they failed to obtain access to these devices.
The figure of 7,000 equipment is half of what the Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized as material from investigations of various crimes.
Christopher Wray, the FBI director, called this a very, very big problem “for the security agency.
Many intelligent phones encrypt all of their contents as the key is placed, as a measure of security for any unwanted attack or data leak. Security is maximum, so that even the production companies of these phones can't interfere.
But the side effect is for security authorities. Until late, The FBI was able to access the end encryption (Ed to end encryption), which prevented the theft of information on a large scale, but not completely.
