The Manhattan district attorney was working on Sunday to warn Americans about the danger posed by encryption technology.
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“The reality is there are going to be thousands of phones in cases related to murder, sexual assault, economic crime, cybercrime and even terrorism that are not going to be able to be opened as a result of this policy by the tech companies,” Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. told New York radio host John Catsimatidis during his Sunday morning program.
“We can’t leave this balancing test between privacy and public safety simply up to the companies,” Vance added. “Otherwise we’re asking law enforcement to do its job with both hands tied behind its back.”
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Vance, whose office holds at least 175 Apple iPhones connected to criminal cases that it is unable to unlock, has been a perennial critic of strong encryption, security, and of Apple in particular. The devices his office has accumulated have all come since the company began implementing encryption by default in September 2014.
More recently, Vance has also been taking to the media to speak in support of draft encryption legislation being offered by Senate Intelligence Committee leaders Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., saying in a statement that it would “restore the authority of neutral judges to require meaningful compliance with their orders.”
