HITB 2016: John Adams - 'backdoor' security laws unworkable
Many of today's security laws will be unworkable according to one security expert speaking at today's 7th Hack in The Box (HITB) conference in Amsterdam.
John Adams, head of security for Bolt Financial, treated the HITB conference to a state of play in the ongoing crypto-wars between the private and public spheres.
Much of the state security community seem badly clued up on how to actually implement the security measures of their imaginations. James Comey, the current director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), according to Adams, believes “technology is a tool for dangerous people.” “The new crypto-wars are pretty much global,” said Adams. We can see the 'only-bad people-need-privacy' Comey mindset play out across the world.
