US State Of California to Ban Encrypted Screenlocked Phones and Devices

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Thu Jan 21 23:24:08 PST 2016


http://asmdc.org/members/a09/news-room/video-gallery/cooper-introduces-human-trafficking-investigation-legislation
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10949354
(Sacramento) – Assemblymember Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove), along with the
Sacramento County District Attorney’s office, crime victim’s families,
and bill supporters, announced at a state capitol news conference the
introduction of Assembly Bill 1681. The legislation will help law
enforcement investigate and prosecute suspected criminals and criminal
organizations that are involved in human trafficking and other serious
crimes. In 2014, cell phone manufactures began providing new operating
systems for smartphones and tablets, these new operating systems
employ, by default, “full-disk encryption” (FDE). That can be a
problem for law enforcement investigators. “Human traffickers are
using encrypted cell phones to run and conceal their criminal
activities,” said Assemblymember Cooper. “Full-disk encrypted
operating systems provide criminals an invaluable tool to prey on
women, children, and threaten our freedoms while making the legal
process of judicial court orders useless.” Learn more about AB 1681 in
this Assembly Access video.




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