Governments, criminals and personal privacy - the question of encryption

April 15, 2016

Two recent events have highlighted the issue of whether service providers should be forced to find a way to give government agencies access to encrypted, private communications says Richard Anstey.

Richard Anstey, CTO EMEA, Intralinks

The UK Home Secretary published a revised draft of the Investigatory Powers Bill, or “Snoopers’ Charter”, which included particular focus on encryption. At the same time, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook publicly challenged a US court order to…

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Governments, criminals and personal privacy - the question of encryption