FBI Director Wray strongly shares AG Barr's concerns about encrypted devices and apps
FBI Director Christopher Wray says he strongly supported Attorney General William Barr's comments that tech companies need to provide a way for law enforcement to access criminals' and suspects' encrypted phones and apps.
Wray was speaking at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University's law school Thursday. "I get frustrated when I hear people suggest that we are trying to weaken encryption or weaken cybersecurity more broadly," Wray said. "As the attorney general discussed a few days ago, our requests can't be assessed in a vacuum. That's important because this is an issue that is becoming worse and worse all the time."
Wray cited recent cases where he said cooperation from unnamed application providers was necessary in helping solve two previously unknown child sex abuse cases. In one case, Wray said, a tip came in from a New England town that a nine-year-old girl was being abused. Information from one application provider helped locate and rescue the girl. In another case, two young girls were rescued in less than 12 hours with the cooperation of an application provider.
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