FBI: Apple, Google, encrypted communication is the devil-encrypted communication, FBI-IT information

June 6, according to foreign media reports, the United States Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI), a senior official said the United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, said Apple and Google, to provide users with encrypted communications helped terrorism disguised, he requested that United States law enforcement authorities need to stop this behavior.

FBI Deputy Director of counter-terrorism Department maikeer·sitanbake (Michael Steinbach) told Congress, the Islamic State (ISIS) and other terrorist organizations are using commercial encryption technologies to hide their activities, which led law enforcement authorities to monitor "in the dark ". Washington Post quoted Stainback said, private companies must "develop technology solutions cannot encrypt more than anything else."

This statement shows the FBI significant shift in attitudes toward communication encryption. 4 years ago, the FBI recommended as a basic security measure will be encrypted. But now Stainback said terrorists use United States developed technology to cover up their actions.

For law enforcement agencies at home and abroad, and encryption seems to be a big problem. Technology developer encrypted communication provided as an option to the user first, then becomes the default setting, and the FBI has been complaining about the encryption result in reduced security.

Stainback told the Security Council that, FBI has been committed to the protection of United States public safety from terrorist attacks, but encrypted communications difficulties in all this. FBI does not adhere to the back door placed in the encrypted communication, but enterprises can directly cooperate with law enforcement authorities when needed.

"Our objective is not privacy above all else, including security and prevent terrorist attacks," Stainback said, "we have never considered planted back door or other illegal means to obtain information. ”

Instead, the FBI hopes to open a "front door", allows the FBI to crack United States company developed encryption system. Understandable is that United States technology companies for this proposal reflects the cold, after all, "our encryption technology is broken" is not a glorious thing.

Law enforcement agencies want to obtain permission to encrypt communication ideas for a long time. The 90 's of the last century, IT had spent years resisting that request by law enforcement. But the intelligence community believes that the establishment of a safe and can crack access password encryption system should not be difficult.

Problem is, encryption expert opinion from a mathematical point of view this is impossible. Even if it is possible, that is equivalent to telling the world that this is a flawed encryption system, confused and drum outside to seek it out.