The President of the United States Barack Obama seems to be in favor of strong encryption, despite the counter-opinion of the secret services.
Encryption is a hot topic for Law Enforcement Authorities in the West and some intelligence services have publicly protested about encryption that is now used by default in modern communication tools such as smartphones.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron recently launched the idea of banning products using encryption because Britain's spies can not access several communication tools.
In an interview with Re / code, Obama said he was a "staunch supporter of strong encryption," adding, "I tend to lean more strongly on strong encryption than on law enforcement."
“Ultimately everyone, and certainly me and my family, want to know that if we use a smartphone for transactions, shipping messages, private conversations, we won't have a bunch of people watching the process," Obama explained.
The president went on to claim that public concern about hindering investigations into terrorism is behind legislators' concerns about encryption.
Obama also admitted that his ongoing revelations Snowden έχουν επηρεάσει τις σχέσεις μεταξύ της Silicon Valley και της κυβέρνησης των ΗΠΑ. “Οι αποκαλύψεις του Snowden ήταν πραγματικά επιζήμιες για την εμπιστοσύνη μεταξύ της κυβέρνησης και πολλών από αυτές τις εταιρείες, εν μέρει επειδή είχε αντίκτυπο στα κέρδη τους.
Obama's statements, personally, seem too good to be true to me. They raise questions, such as what became of the terrorist concern attacks (the main reason used by the NSA and every NSA to justify the scandal revealed by Snowden)?
Until recently, encryption hindered the work of secret services, and the US was opposed to the idea of strong encryption. The displacement of Obama, which, in addition to the president of the United States, is also a patriot is not explained.
Unless the Secret Service hackers managed to access every crypt circulating on the internet. Paranoia; Maybe. Anyway, we've certainly been given plenty of insanity triggers lately space.
I personally do not convince the President.