Following the ban and latest lifting of the ban on Huawei, United States President Donald Trump plans to move forward with an end-to-end ban encryptions.
In accordance with Politico, senior White House officials met this week to discuss the first steps the Trump government could do.
Politico reports, citing three people familiar with the matter, that two key officials services discussed a potential ban on end-to-end encryption.
Of course we have long heard that end-to-end encryption is less sympathetic to the White House, especially to the secret services. The scenarios and "solutions" που έχουν δημοσιευτεί κατά καιρούς αναφέρουν ένα λογισμικό κρυπτογράφησης που θα δίνει πρόσβαση σε ορισμένους εκλεκτούς, αλλά υπήρξαν πάρα πολλές αντιδράσεις από ιδιώτες IT, και μεγάλες τεχνολογικές Companies.
But protests are "heard" inside the Donald Trump administration, after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for example, is trying to separate its position, recognizing the security implications that could result in a ban on end-to-end encryption.
On the other hand, the creation ενός νομοσχεδίου κατά της κρυπτογράφησης περιγράφεται σαν ένα πολύ αποφασιστικό βήμα στις προσπάθειες των υπηρεσιών πληροφοριών των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών, γιατί με αυτό τον τρόπο θα μπορούν να έχουν πρόσβαση σε συσκευές και data belonging to criminals and terrorists.
Encryption, used by the majority of US companies in their products (see Apple and Google), prevents authorities from accessing suspects' data. Technology companies are now using (after Snowden's revelations) end-to-end encryption as a key feature of privacy.
Many of these companies have warned that any regulation against encryption could even affect national security.
Apple, in particular, refused to unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernardino terrorist, explaining that breaking the device would compromise the safety of all company customers.
The FBI eventually managed to unlock the device using software that was developed by a third party.
