Former head of US Homeland Security warns building backdoors into encryption would be 'a mistake'
Michael Chertoff argues preventing criminals communicating is 'a pipe dream' and backdoors would just make ordinary users less secure
A former senior US security official has spoken out against the potential of government being able to request backdoors into encrypted applications. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, former head...
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