The Graham-Blumenthal Bill: A New Path for DOJ to Finally Break Encryption

Members of Congress are about to introduce a bill that will undermine the law that undergirds free speech on the Internet.

JEFFERY EPSTEIN TRAFFICKED LITTLE GIRLS WITH EVERYONE KNOWING ABOUT IT.

TAKE AWAY OUR ENCRYPTION BUT ….. THEY ALL KNEW WITHOUT BREAKING OUT ENCRYPTION ABOUT

Jeffrey Epstein’s High Society Contacts

THIS ENCRYPTION THING NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH CATCHING AND CONVICTING JEFFERY EPSTEIN RIGHT?

THIS CRAP ISN’T GOING TO CATCH PREDATORS – THEY ALREADY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. — IT’S ALL BULLSHIT.

The Graham-Blumenthal Bill: A New Path for DOJ to Finally Break Encryption

If passed, the bill known as the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, will fulfill a long-standing dream of U.S. law enforcement. If passed, it could largely mark the end of private, encrypted messaging on the Internet.

The Department of Justice and the FBI have long seen encryption as a threat. In 1993, the Clinton administration promoted the installation of a “Clipper Chip” in consumer devices that would allow for easy government eavesdropping using key escrow. When researchers repeatedly demonstrated that this flawed idea would compromise privacy and security for everyone, not just criminals, the idea was scrapped. But U.S. law enforcement agencies spent the next 25 years villainizing the widespread adoption of encryption and highlighting a series of awful criminal acts in their efforts to scare elected officials into requiring backdoors.

In recent years, they’ve used acts of terrorism like the mass shootings in San Bernardino and Pensacola to press for draconian changes to the law. More recently, officials like Attorney General William Barr [The Ties That Bind Jeffrey Epstein, William Barr & Donald Trump] have blamed encryption for sexual crimes against children. Not only are these crimes horrific to hear about, but they are nearly impossible to get objective information about. Nearly all information that the public gets about these crimes is filtered through law enforcement and organizations that work closely with law enforcement. Because of that, it’s very hard for policymakers to make informed decisions that address both public safety and civil liberties concerns.

Meanwhile, we face immense challenges to building secure systems, and strong encryption is one the best tools we have available to protect ourselves. Encryption preserves the ability to have private, secure communications in an increasingly insecure world. Members of the government, the military and law enforcement themselves use encryption to protect their communications, as do journalists, activists and those at risk of domestic abuse, among many others. We should not sacrifice the power of these fundamental technologies, even in the name of important law enforcement goals.

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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/graham-blumenthal-bill-new-path-doj-finally-break-encryption

Here’s Barr’s latest sideways attack on crypto – leveraging 5-Eyes relationships for intelligence-sharing to go after online child exploitation (which is Barr-speak for “strong encryption”)

Barr, ‘Five Eyes’ nations introduce principles on online child sexual exploitation

By Chris Mills Rodrigo – 03/05/20 02:08 PM EST 44

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/486162-barr-five-eyes-nations-introduce-principles-on-child-sexual-exploitation

Attorney General William Barr and representatives from the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing network on Thursday introduced a set of voluntary principles aimed at combating online child sexual exploitation.

The 11 recommendations, co-announced with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, includes reporting cases to relevant authorities, proactive identification of grooming and publishing data on efforts to curb content.

“For the first time, the Five Countries [FIVE EYES] are collaborating with tech companies to protect children against online sexual exploitation,” Barr said in a statement. “We hope the Voluntary Principles will spur collective action on the part of industry to stop one of the most horrendous crimes impacting some of the most vulnerable members of society.”

In a press conference announcing the principles, Barr said that the internet has amplified the reach and damage of child sexual exploitation content, noting that people can film and disseminate it more easily.

Reports of suspected child sexual abuse material to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children tip line have spiked in the last few years, with more than 69 million photos, videos and files flagged in 2019.

( DIDN’T THEY KNOW ABOUT JEFFERY EPSTEIN AND ALL THE REST ?)

Many of the officials noted that the internet has made child sexual exploitation a borderless problem.

“This global outrage requires a comprehensive global response,” United Kingdom Security Minister James Brokenshire said.

Officials speaking at the press conference also slammed encryption, which makes messages only viewable by their intended recipients, with Barr saying it gives predators “more places to hide.”

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said during the press conference that encryption “like any tool … can be abused.” Brokenshire, meanwhile, called encryption “the elephant in the room.”

The push from law enforcement officials and some lawmakers against encryption comes as more technology giants consider adopting the feature, which privacy groups have lauded as necessary to ensuring free speech online