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"If the challenges of real-time interception threaten to leave us in the dark, encryption threatens to lead all of us to a very dark place," he said.įirst, the FBI wants to maintain its ability to acquire the content of live communications, or "data in motion." That includes conversations and exchanges of data as they take place across networks between surveillance targets, even as targets shift devices.
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In his speech, Comey characterized that kind of ubiquitous encryption as "going dark" and said FBI agents and other law enforcement officials "have the legal authority to intercept and access communications and information pursuant to court order, but we often lack the technical ability to do so."
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Users of encrypted Apple iOS and Google Android devices can control access to data on their devices via encryption keys that the companies do not have access to and cannot override. 16 speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington.Īlthough federal law enforcement officials have long-standing concerns about encryption, Comey said he decided to speak out after recent announcements that Apple and Google are including end-to-end encryption as the default setting on mobile operating systems. "Are we so mistrustful of government - and of law enforcement - that we are willing to let bad guys walk away, willing to leave victims in search of justice?" Comey asked in an Oct. But Comey asserted that the "post-Snowden pendulum has swung too far in one direction," toward privacy protection and away from legitimate law enforcement requirements. FBI Director James Comey has raised concerns about the potential for privacy protections on mobile devices to hamper law enforcement activities.įBI Director James Comey said he is concerned that law enforcement agencies will be increasingly stymied in their efforts to conduct lawful, court-ordered surveillance as mobile devices and online communications services allow users to decide who may and may not access their data.Ĭomey acknowledged that Americans are justifiably surprised about "the extent and nature of the surveillance being conducted in the name of the United States," as revealed in classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden.