The conversation the previous blog post in this series discussed shows no signs of abating, although recent news suggests evolution with respect to the government’s position on backdoor access. Within the past three and a half weeks, it has come to light that the Obama administration, as suggested by James Comey, the current director of…
Author: Stevin George
Securing the Glass House: Apple, Encryption, and the Fight Over Backdoors (Part I)
This summer, as the world eagerly awaited the latest i-offerings from Cupertino, the city associated with the latest in cutting-edge and fashionable tech from computer behemoth Apple Inc., James Comey, the current director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, published a list of concerns online regarding recent evolutions in encryption.1 According to Director Comey, the…