http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/01/robert-farago/eyewitness-account-of-oregon-occupier-testimony-from-victoria-sharp/
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9-26-2014 On Thursday, FBI Director James Comey told reporters that he is "very concerned" about the tech giants' plans for encryption, which deter police from unlocking encrypted devices.
"I am a huge believer in the rule of law, but I am also a believer that no one in this country is beyond the law," Comey said, as reported by The Huffington Post. "What concerns me about this is companies marketing something expressly to allow people to place themselves above the law."...
But there needs to be a loophole that allows for government access in extreme cases. "The notion that someone would market a closet that could never be opened—even if it involves a case involving a child kidnapper or a court order—to me does not make any sense," he said Thursday.
In June, the Supreme Court ruled that police must obtain a warrant before searching the contents of someone's mobile device—smartphone or feature phone. The decision comes more than a year after whistleblower Edward Snowden confirmed the National Security Agency's spying tactics. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2469302,00.asp
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1-21-16 There is one important detail in the (anti-encryption) bill in California, though: If it were to pass right now, as it is written, that would mean anyone who buys an iOS device right now, with encryption in place, would be fined $2,500 per device. Worse, the bill actually backdates purchases all the way back to July 2015, which means the bill would fine buyers after they purchased legal devices.
This isn’t just an issue in the United States, either. In the United Kingdom, anti-encryption legislation continues to rise to the surface. The law, if passed, would mean that Apple could no longer completely lockdown/encrypt a phone or tablet, effectively locking it down even from its own resources to access the content therein protected by a passcode or Touch ID. http://www.iphonehacks.com/2016/01/california-encryption-backdoor-bill.html
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1-28-16 http://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/kyiv-post-plus/putins-silenced-critics-a-chronicle-of-people-killed-or-who-died-suspiciously-after-challenging-the-kremlin-406918.html
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