A bipartisan pair of House members introduced legislation on Wednesday that would prevent states from passing laws to weaken encryption.
The ENCRYPT Act, authored by Reps. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, would prevent any state or locality from requiring any “manufacturer, developer, seller, or provider” to create a “backdoor” on encrypted products allowing officials to bypass that encryption.
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