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FBI Director Blasts Tech Companies Fighting for Encryption
Nextgov ^ | 5/20/15

Posted on 05/20/2015 4:11:56 PM PDT by markomalley

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I'm sure that Comey would also like the combination to every safe in the country and copies of each and every door key.
1 posted on 05/20/2015 4:11:56 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Like they say, its not paranoia if they really are after you.


2 posted on 05/20/2015 4:13:26 PM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: markomalley

The FBI is shot through with nasty little fascists.


3 posted on 05/20/2015 4:13:53 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: markomalley

And government employees use Tempest computers to avoid data breaches.


4 posted on 05/20/2015 4:17:22 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: markomalley

The problem here is that in the last 25 or 30 years, our government has squandered the presumption of trust.


5 posted on 05/20/2015 4:31:48 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Their letter contains no acknowledgment that there are societal costs to universal encryption.

Those "societal costs" are part of the risks associated with living in a free society, and I willingly accept them.

They are FAR superior to the alternative.

6 posted on 05/20/2015 4:37:56 PM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Yes they sure have. There once was a time when you could trust the NSA and FBI. Now with the NSA spying on everyone and the FBI even evidence in their labs to get convictions, they have both become tools for fascism.


7 posted on 05/20/2015 4:41:05 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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Meant to say that the FBI has fabricated evidence to get convictions.

I hate that I cant go back and edit a post to make corrections.

8 posted on 05/20/2015 4:43:04 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: markomalley

Me thinks James Comey likes to sniff panties.

Mr. Comey, if you want to restore some trust with the Citizens release every E-mail Hillary sent from her personal email server. Because as Hillary said yesterday they aren’t hers. They are the governments.


9 posted on 05/20/2015 4:43:18 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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I’m sorry, but the reason why Google and Apple and Microsoft are all going to no-key encryption is because your boys in the FBI started calling to hack any phone they came across, without any care in the world if it was a domestic violence case or terrorism. IF the FBI had actually LIMITED the requests to actual NATIONAL SECURITY concerns, I’m sure the opinion of the big three mobile OS creators would be far different.


10 posted on 05/20/2015 4:44:12 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: markomalley

4th Amendment to the United States Constitution:

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

What could possibly be clearer? Sadly, we are NOT secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects from our own government. Therefore, we need encryption to help retain our right!

Don’t like it, FBI? Go get a warrant!


11 posted on 05/20/2015 4:47:58 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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for law enforcement?

is that right..

sounds like a mighty risky scheme

a slippery slope.. a jump into the abyss blindfolded


12 posted on 05/20/2015 4:50:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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WayneS: “Those “societal costs” are part of the risks associated with living in a free society, and I willingly accept them.”

Me, too!

We can live in slightly more safety as slaves or take some small risks and be free. I choose the latter.

Not even the US Congress or the Supreme Court of the United States have the right to choose otherwise short of a constitutional amendment.


13 posted on 05/20/2015 4:52:25 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: Lurker

The whole world, even FR today, is.


14 posted on 05/20/2015 4:57:19 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: CitizenUSA

Without God, you need a bigger and bigger and bigger Caesar to fill that unfillable void.

The results are ugly, they are socialistic, they are fascistic... and of course are ungodly.


15 posted on 05/20/2015 4:58:22 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: WayneS

Yep, you can’t put a price on it. But the 4th Amendment is worth trillions...


16 posted on 05/20/2015 5:05:18 PM PDT by crusher2013
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To: markomalley

Is this bastard ok with glue on the envelopes and locks on our houses? Just thought I should check.


17 posted on 05/20/2015 5:12:21 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: markomalley

Give up your privacy so we can protect you.

Perhaps the world’s oldest con game.


18 posted on 05/20/2015 5:25:16 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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“Both Apple and Google recently made end-to-end encryption the default setting on their mobile operating systems.”

They;ll hand it over. Both of them are sh*t buckets of obama worshippers who donated millions to the Dummycrats.


19 posted on 05/20/2015 5:37:31 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: max americana

This is one issue where liberals and conservatives can agree. Here’s another: free speech.

http://www.amazon.com/Silencing-Left-Killing-Free-Speech/dp/1621573702/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432168973&sr=8-1&keywords=kirsten+powers+the+silencing

Kirsten Powers is a liberal. Leftists are not liberals. Leftists are more like fascists or communists—big government folks who want to crush freedom. Liberals, on the other hand, are more generally aligned with the right on issues involving individual liberty.

Thank of the political spectrum not as Democrat versus Republican but as big government versus individual freedom. There are Republicans on the left and Democrats on the right. The “uni-party” is definitely on the left.


20 posted on 05/20/2015 5:48:45 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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