Government-mandated backdoors in telecom enabled China's hacking, cryptographer says

Government-mandated backdoors in telecom enabled China's hacking, cryptographer says

The U.S. government's decision to mandate backdoors inside telecommunications networks created the path for China to hack Americans' phones, according to cryptographer Matt Blaze.

Commission working on encryption backdoor strategy

No technology currently exists that enables access to encrypted data without undermining the privacy and security guaranteed by encryption.

Don’t Let Governments Break Encryption | by Jessica Dickinson Goodman & Ezequiel Passeron Kitroser - Project Syndicate

The governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe are aligning with China and Russia in their efforts to undermine the encryption tools that millions of internet users depend on. If major tech companies give in, the result could be an unprecedented loss of privacy for everyone.

Government-mandated backdoors in telecom enabled China's hacking, cryptographer says - Political Signal

The U.S. government’s decision to mandate backdoors inside telecommunications networks created the path for China to hack Americans’ phones, according to cryptographer Matt Blaze. Mr. Blaze, a computer scientist at Georgetown University, told lawmakers on Wednesday that the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) enacted in 1994 made possible the Salt Typhoon hack of […] The post Government-mandated backdoors in telecom enabled…

European Commission Takes Aim at End-to-End Encryption Again – Pixel Envy

Alexander Martin, the Record: Alongside the new Europol, the Commission said it would create roadmaps regarding both the “lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement” and on encryption. The aim is to “identify and assess technological solutions that would enable law enforcement authorities to access encrypted data in a lawful manner, safeguarding cybersecurity and fundamental rights,” said the Commission. The identification of such …

The European Commission has presented a new internal security strategy, which includes a roadmap for "lawful and effective access by law enforcement authorities"