James B. Comey FBI Director Criticizes Encryption

In the midst of all the hacking that is happening these days, including the recent Snapsaved.com hack where thousands of photos sent through Snapchat were leaked on the Web, James B. Comey FBI Director criticizes encryption and believes that U.S. citizens should let the government spy on them for their own safety.

James B. Comey FBI Director is very unhappy about the fact that Apple and Google and other tech companies are making it harder to access personal information. The encryption these companies are creating makes it hard for law enforcement officials to gather the information they need to catch criminals. If you think that this is another way of saying that FBI has a hard time getting your personal and private information, then you are completely right.

In a speech James B. Comey FBI Director made on Thursday, he said that all the increasing implementation of encryption technologies will leave law enforcement agents unable to collect evidence against wrongdoers.

He said:

Those charged with protecting our people aren’t always able to access the evidence we need to prosecute crime and prevent terrorism even with lawful authority. We have the legal authority to intercept and access communications and information pursuant to court order, but we often lack the technical ability to do so. Those charged with protecting our people aren’t always able to access the evidence we need to prosecute crime and prevent terrorism even with lawful authority. We have the legal authority to intercept and access communications and information pursuant to court order, but we often lack the technical ability to do so.

In other words, national security agencies and law enforcement agents want U.S. citizens to accept that the government is spying on them and to make sure that they don’t do anything to make it hard to them to do so.

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