tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116442395849122822.post7832854370240559671..comments2024-03-12T14:31:50.264-07:00Comments on Bits and Pieces: The Phony Law Enforcement Panic over Apple's EncryptionHarry Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088418333536732728noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116442395849122822.post-89581873328652945292014-10-04T16:52:24.861-07:002014-10-04T16:52:24.861-07:00I am generally in agreement with this post, but I ...I am generally in agreement with this post, but I do think it's sort of silly to be saying, as Schneier does, "there's no evidence that encryption hampers criminal investigations in any serious way."<br /><br />Obviously, encryption, implemented effectively, will obstruct law enforcement access to encrypted information. An effect of these Apple and Google initiatives is to shift responsibility for the implementation of encryption systems from end-users (among others, criminals) to professional security engineers employed by our top tech companies.<br /><br />It can't seriously be argued that this is unlikely to diminish law enforcement efficacy in some cases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com