{"id":1928885,"date":"2023-05-11T11:26:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T15:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strong-encryption-is-a-must-if-big-tech-is-creating-back-doors-for-feds\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T11:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T15:35:04","slug":"strong-encryption-is-a-must-if-big-tech-is-creating-back-doors-for-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strong-encryption-is-a-must-if-big-tech-is-creating-back-doors-for-feds\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Tech must use strong encryption to prevent back doors for feds."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstrong-encryption-is-a-must-if-big-tech-is-creating-back-doors-for-feds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1928885&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Why the Federal Government Shouldn&#8217;t Have Backdoor Access to Private Communication Systems<\/h2>\n<p>The federal government should not have warrantless, backdoor access to private communication systems like Twitter. Unfortunately, recent revelations from Twitter CEO Elon Musk indicate that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">federal agencies<\/a> already have &#8220;full access&#8221; to private messages on Twitter. This is a concerning breach of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-states-taking-on-house-democrats-equality-act\/\" title=\"Majority of states taking on House Democrats\u2019 Equality Act\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/special-thanks-to-the-new-york-times-for-accidentally-providing-the-data-that-will-bring-down-biden-and-crack-the-biggest-vote-fraud-in-history\/\" title=\"SPECIAL THANKS to The New York Times for Accidentally Providing the Data that Will Bring Down Biden and CRACK THE BIGGEST VOTE FRAUD IN HISTORY\">privacy<\/a> rights<\/a> for Americans.<\/p>\n<h3>The Importance of Encryption<\/h3>\n<p>There has been an ongoing struggle between the federal government and privacy-minded organizations when it comes to allowing back doors into users&#8217; messages and data through sometimes questionable legal avenues. The close partnership between Big Tech and the federal government deteriorates the privacy rights of Americans. This relationship highlights the importance of encryption for protecting Fourth Amendment privacy rights.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Twitter Files&#8221; revealed that federal agencies had infiltrated Twitter&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strong-encryption-is-a-must-if-big-tech-is-creating-back-doors-for-feds\/\" title=\"Big Tech must use strong encryption to prevent back doors for feds.\">decision-making process prior<\/a> to Musk&#8217;s takeover. Musk must clarify not only which federal agencies had &#8220;full access&#8221; to Twitter direct messages but also what &#8220;full access&#8221; means. Was the FBI able to read the direct messages of any Twitter user for any reason? How often did they abuse this power, and when did it end?<\/p>\n<h3>End-to-End Encryption<\/h3>\n<p>Elon Musk tweeted on May 10 that Twitter plans to roll out an end-to-end encryption feature for direct messages that will make federal snooping far more difficult. The update would make it so only the individuals receiving direct messages could locally decrypt them on their device, meaning not even Twitter or embedded federal agents could read them.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is not clear that end-to-end encryption apps are safe from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-andrew-p-napolitano-how-local-cops-get-your-bank-records\/\" title=\"Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: How Local Cops Get Your Bank Records\">big brother&#8217;<\/a>s illegal inspection. Tucker Carlson, who was interviewing Musk when he made the &#8220;full access&#8221; comment, spoke on a podcast about a harrowing story involving the encrypted messaging app Signal. According to Carlson, &#8220;the NSA broke into [his] Signal account&#8221; as he was working to secure an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<h3>Undermining Encryption<\/h3>\n<p>Lawmakers have also considered undermining the strength of encryption algorithms. A Senate bill introduced in 2020 would have made it possible for law enforcement to gain access to encrypted devices by requiring manufacturers and service providers to &#8220;assist &#8230; with accessing encrypted data.&#8221; Such a law would force technology companies to create ubiquitous back doors for the government. It would also fundamentally undermine encryption algorithms and pave the way for compromise by nefarious actors.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting User Rights<\/h3>\n<p>Big Tech has been all too eager to share its users&#8217; information. If Musk&#8217;s revelation is true and Twitter allowed federal agencies to have unfettered access to private user-to-user messages, then it seems Big Tech is enabling this invasive behavior. There should be no wide-open back door to Big Tech&#8217;s systems for the federal government to freely waltz into, and there should be investigations to uncover how pervasive this access may be.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, we should strive to empower users and protect their rights, not law enforcement and Big Tech. Undermining encryption and the privacy it enables would take away a necessary tool in preventing Big Tech and the federal government from abusing their power.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Big Tech<\/li>\n<li>Elon Musk<\/li>\n<li>Encryption<\/li>\n<li>Facebook<\/li>\n<li>FB<\/li>\n<li>Federal Agencies<\/li>\n<li>Fourth Amendment<\/li>\n<li>Gmail<\/li>\n<li>iMessage<\/li>\n<li>NSA<\/li>\n<li>Privacy<\/li>\n<li>Spying<\/li>\n<li>Tucker Carlson<\/li>\n<li>Twitter<\/li>\n<li>Vladimir Putin<\/li>\n<li>Warrant<\/li>\n<li>WhatsApp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Caleb Larson is a cybersecurity researcher, policy analyst with the Internet Accountability Project, Heritage Foundation alum, and contributor at The Daily Caller, where he writes about cybersecurity-related issues facing the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government should not have warrantless, backdoor access to private communication systems like Twitter.\u00a0 The federal government unfortunately already has\u00a0the capability to access everything stored by\u00a0Big Tech companies, according to\u00a0recent revelations from Twitter CEO Elon Musk that federal agencies had \u201cfull access\u201d to private messages on Twitter. \u00a0 There has been an ongoing struggle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1887,"featured_media":1928886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[16741,26473,6617,5495,5529,4989],"class_list":["post-1928885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-doors","tag-encryption","tag-feds","tag-prevent","tag-strong","tag-tech"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1887"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}