Brothers at Arms: Jeb Bush says no to crypto

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Because Jeb Bush is such a noted expert in cryptography...

On 8/22/15 12:06 AM, grarpamp wrote:
> https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/19/jeb-bush-comes-encryption/
> 
> Jeb Bush Comes Out Against Encryption
> 
> Jenna McLaughlin
> 
> Aug. 19 2015, 3:40 p.m.
> Getty Images
> 
> Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Tuesday that
> encryption makes it harder for law enforcement to track down
> “evildoers” — and called for a “much better, more cooperative
> relationship” with Apple, Google, and other tech companies that are
> building uncrackable private communication apps into their new
> products.
> 
> “If you create encryption, it makes it harder for the American
> government to do its job — while protecting civil liberties — to make
> sure that evildoers aren’t in our midst,” Bush said in South Carolina
> at an event sponsored by Americans for Peace, Prosperity, and
> Security, a group with close ties to military contractors.
> 
> Bush said, “We need to find a new arrangement with Silicon Valley in
> this regard because I think this is a very dangerous kind of
> situation.”
> 
> But when the event moderator, former CNN anchor Jeanne Meserve,
> brought up scientists’ conclusions that giving law enforcement special
> access to communications also gives hackers more access, Bush didn’t
> explain his position any further.
> 
> “Good point, except we ought to have much more cooperation when it
> comes to cybersecurity,” he said.
> 


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