Obama edges toward full support for encryption
he Obama Administration is weighing whether to come out in full support of unfettered encryption, something that would be a huge blow to the Feds, who have been pushing for compulsory backdoors in all new tech.
But there's something in the President's proposals that aren't quite right.
A leaked memo from the National Security Council (NSC), seen and published by The Washington Post, outlines three options over what to do regarding the issue. The first would make it plain that the President opposes both a new law and other actions to introduce backdoors, and would see him speak in favor of the benefits of encryption.
