Feinstein promises to weaken encryption

Published December 10, 2015 12:58am ET



A leading Democratic senator said on Wednesday that she would propose legislation to weaken end-to-end encryption.

“I think this world is really changing in terms of people wanting the protection and wanting law enforcement, if there is [a] conspiracy going on over the Internet, that encryption ought to be able to be pierced,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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