FBI and privacy hawks clash over encryption after Trump assassination attempt

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FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed at a recent hearing that while the bureau had accessed some content from the digital devices of former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, it could not see everything.

One day later, a group of privacy activists huddled together to plot out ways to better protect digital information from the FBI and other entities.

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