Oh too bad. Law enforcement has had it absurdly easy for the past ~15yr, all they had to do was cry "terrorist" and they could read whatever they wanted (I'm glossing over a lot of details here) If the FBI can read everyone's email (and other communications) then the people who really have stuff to hide will find other ways of hiding it and they'll waste their time (and our $$) screwing innocent people or catching dumb people they would've caught in other ways.
As encryption becomes more common they've gotta choose who's communications they look at rather than entering "keywork=bomb" checking the "wiretap all in results" box. Bugging a room or vehicle isn't new but you need a semi-legitimate reason to justify that sort of stuff (reasonable investigations have an ample supply of legitimate reasons). They've got ways to look a a suspect's communications if they want to, especially on US soil.
The more I read about this debate the more I think that the FBI (law enforcement in general) is just whining because, rather than just tapping everyone of interest and sifting through the results, they have to find a different way of doing things and that requires work and work is hard. I don't feel sorry for them
This is the same problem the music industry is possibly starting to to get over. The way they do things is outdated and they're complaining that progress is causing more work for them. Legislating the past back into existence doesn't work well. Just ask the Taliban.
As encryption becomes more common they've gotta choose who's communications they look at rather than entering "keywork=bomb" checking the "wiretap all in results" box. Bugging a room or vehicle isn't new but you need a semi-legitimate reason to justify that sort of stuff (reasonable investigations have an ample supply of legitimate reasons). They've got ways to look a a suspect's communications if they want to, especially on US soil.
The more I read about this debate the more I think that the FBI (law enforcement in general) is just whining because, rather than just tapping everyone of interest and sifting through the results, they have to find a different way of doing things and that requires work and work is hard. I don't feel sorry for them
This is the same problem the music industry is possibly starting to to get over. The way they do things is outdated and they're complaining that progress is causing more work for them. Legislating the past back into existence doesn't work well. Just ask the Taliban.
Short sighted bunch of fools...