FBI Says It Wants To (But Can’t) Hack 8,000 Devices

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The FBI has been one of the biggest supporters of backdoors in devices like smartphones and tablets, and Director Christopher Wray used his speech at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York to emphasize how hard it is for the agency to break into encrypted electronics.

Wray revealed that the FBI is in possession of no less than 7,775 encrypted devices that it wants to but can’t hack simply because it doesn’t have the necessary know-how to do it.

In other words, these devices, which Wray says were involved in various investigations, might store information that could help FBI agents in their fight against criminals, but this info can’t be extracted because of the strong encryption.

“Being unable to access those devices is a major public safety issue and impacts our investigations across the board,” he told the audience. “This problem will require a thoughtful and sensible approach. We have people devoted to working with stakeholders to find a way... (read more)

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[Aleeyen]

Some day they will say that they cannot break the lock of a certain house, so no body should lock their house.

 

[Entreri]

Poor little FBI.

*Sheds a tear*

Btw, this is just false nonsense they are putting out so they can get backdoors into everything. Criminalize everything and profit. $$$$$$$$.

This is like the illegal massive surveillance to "fight terrorists", which are was so effective (lol). Former NSA employee's take on the NSA and "effectiveness" of the mass surveillance:

 

[dinosaur07]

What a good story. Bed time story.