In the battle over how much access law enforcement should have to your smartphone, don’t expect the government to be outsmarted without a fight.
FBI Director James Comey said as much Thursday in a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington, suggesting the agency might ask Congress to force companies to provide what amounts to a “back door” to law enforcement to obtain password-protected data on targeted personal mobile devices.
“We’re hoping to start a dialogue with congress” on updating laws that require tech companies to comply, he told the audience.
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