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OPLIN 4cast #482: War on encryption
March 23rd, 2016

[image: word lock] Unless you have been in a coma for the past month, you
have read or heard a lot of stories about the battle between Apple and the
FBI over unlocking the iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino shooter.
Increasingly, though, the tech media is stepping back from this battle and
taking a broader look at a law enforcement "war" on encryption. Encryption
has clear benefits (such as making it harder to hack Internet-connected
cars), but for law enforcement it also breaks investigative tools that have
been used for decades. It looks like the next battle in this war will be
between law enforcement and WhatsApp, with many more battles to come.

   - WhatsApp encryption said to stymie wiretap order
   <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/us/politics/whatsapp-encryption-said-to-stymie-wiretap-order.html>
   (New York Times | Matt Apuzzo) "The iPhone case, which revolves around
   whether Apple can be forced to help the F.B.I. unlock a phone used by one
   of the killers in last year's San Bernardino, Calif., massacre, has
   received worldwide attention for the precedent it might set. But to many in
   law enforcement, disputes like the one with WhatsApp are of far greater
   concern. For more than a half-century, the Justice Department has relied on
   wiretaps as a fundamental crime-fighting tool. To some in law enforcement,
   if companies like WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram can design unbreakable
   encryption, then the future of wiretapping is in doubt."
   - The next front in the new crypto wars: WhatsApp
   <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/03/next-front-new-crypto-wars-whatsapp>
   (Electronic Frontier Foundation | Nate Cardozo) "The government's theory,
   that the All Writs Act
   <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/judge-doj-not-all-writs> gives it
   the power to compel American companies to write code and design products to
   ensure law enforcement access to encrypted content, is virtually without
   limits. No devices, and indeed no encrypted messaging services, would be
   safe from such backdoor orders. If the government wins in San Bernardino,
   it could even force companies to give it access to software update systems,
   and send their users government surveillance software disguised as security
   patches."
   - Facebook, Google and WhatsApp plan to increase encryption of user data
   <http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/14/facebook-google-whatsapp-plan-increase-encryption-fbi-apple>
   (The Guardian | Danny Yadron) "Unlike many encrypted messaging apps,
   WhatsApp hasn't pushed the security functions of the service as a selling
   point to users. [Jan] Koum, its founder, has said users should be able to
   expect that security is a given, not a bonus feature. It's unclear if that
   will change. In the coming weeks, WhatsApp plans to make a formal
   announcement about its expanded encryption offerings, sources said."
   - In the FBI's crypto war, apps may be the next target
   <http://www.wired.com/2016/03/fbi-crypto-war-apps/> (Wired | Andy
   Greenberg) "President Obama weighed in on the broader debate Friday [3/11]
   when he told the audience at SXSW in Austin, Texas, that tech companies
   need to find a way to give the government access to encrypted communication
   when necessary. 'If, technologically, it is possible to make an
   impenetrable device or system, where the encryption is so strong that there
   is no key, there is no door at all, then how do we apprehend the child
   pornographer?' the president asked."

*Articles from Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Personal privacy up for grabs.
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=112458439>
   (*New American*, 2/8/2016, p.23-28 | C. Mitchell Shaw)
   - Can encryption save us?
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=102935507>
   (*Nation*, 6/15/2015, p.16-18 | Eleanor Saitta)
   - The harm in merely knowing: Privacy, complicity, surveillance, and the
   self.
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=103740955>
   (*Journal of Internet Law*, July 2015, p.3-14 | Robert H. Sloan and
   Richard Warner)

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