Spy Stuff: 5 Eyes To Tech: Nosotros Accept Ways Of Making You Lot Comply

From The Register, Aug 31:

Spies yet butthurt they can't instruct at encrypted comms data

The Five Eyes nations accept told the tech manufacture to assistance spy agencies past times creating lawful access solutions to encrypted services – as well as warned that governments tin e'er legislate if they don't.
The UK, US, Canada, Commonwealth of Australia as well as New Zealand - which accept a long-standing word understanding – met inwards Commonwealth of Australia this week.

In an official communiqué on the confab, they claim that their inability to lawfully access encrypted content risks undermining democratic judge systems – as well as number a veiled alert to industry.

The grouping is careful to avoid previous criticisms nigh their wish for backdoors as well as so-called magic thinking – proverb that they accept "no involvement or intention to weaken encryption mechanisms" – as well as emphasise the importance of privacy laws.

But the thrust of a split upwardly framework for their plans, the Statement of Principles on Access to Evidence as well as Encryption, volition create niggling to persuade anyone that the agencies accept changed their opinions.

"Privacy laws must preclude arbitrary or unlawful interference, only privacy is non absolute," the document stated....MUCH MORE