Is Law Enforcement "Going Dark" Because of Encryption? Hardly, Says New Report

http://theintercept.com/2016/02/01/is-law-enforcement-going-dark-because-of-encryption-hardly-says-new-report/
Date Written:  2016-02-01
Publisher:  The Intercept
Year Published:  2016
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX18715

Unbreakable encryption -- which prevents easy, conventional surveillance of digital communications-- isn’t a big problem for law enforcement, says a report published by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. The report, titled "Don’t Panic," finds that we are probably not "headed to a future in which our ability to effectively surveil criminals and bad actors is impossible" because of companies that offer end-to-end encryption, such as Apple.