By Kelley Chittenden
The Paris attacks re-sparked the encryption
debate on whether government agencies should be able to have “back-door”
access to encrypted communications. Apps such as iMessage and WhatsApp are
encrypted by default, and lawmakers and government officials have
urged the technology industry to incorporate means for government
circumvention in the name of national security. Robert
Litt, the General
Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has said
push-back against creating government backdoors may change in the event of a
terrorist attack in which encryption hinders law enforcement; however, there is
currently
no evidence that back-doors to encryption would have prevented the attacks.
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