Homeland Security Boss Insists Islamic State Has Its Own Encrypted App
FBI director urges customers to nag tech companies about dangers of private communication
Kurt Nimmo
Prison Planet.com
December 10, 2015
The push on tech companies to turn their products into surveillance tools for the national security state went into high gear on Wednesday.
The attacks in Paris and California served as a background as FBI director James Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee tech companies need to rethink their business models and come up with a “solution” allowing the government to bypass encryption.
Comey’s testimony follows a warning issued in July by Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates. She said a mandate or legislation “may ultimately be necessary” to force the private sector to either rollback encryption or provide a key for intelligence and law enforcement.
Faced with opposition by tech companies, Comey made a plea to customers to nag them. He said customers are becoming more aware of the “dangers” of encryption and urged them to “speak to” phone companies and insist they will “keep using [their] phones” if companies stop offering the technology, The Intercept reports.
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