the White House apparently will not move a finger when it comes to propose legislation on encryption. 
it was a good week for those in favor of encryption, and Barack Obama is one of the people responsible for this.
the White House publicly support any bill that would allow judges to force technology companies to help law enforcement agencies to open communications and secret data, reported Reuters on Thursday.
it is a shift in the stance of the White House . Obama said last month that it had concluded that the government should find ways to access blocked devices. Even though the White House has revised the text of the bill and offered his comments, it is not expected to make public comments about it. The bill could be presented as early as this week.
Such a stance by the president would be a great victory for technology companies that are struggling to defend encryption to protect the privacy of people even although this will facilitate some criminals who are seeking to keep hidden their communications.
the FBI has promoted the bill very strongly, saying that investigations are increasingly difficult because the sources of information “they are hiding” hidden by encryption and data communications, which makes them totally inaccessible to outsiders. The debate over encryption has been on the table for years, but the legal battle between the FBI and Apple this year has put in the spotlight after a judge ordered Apple to unlock an iPhone linked to a terrorist attack occurred in December in San Bernardino, California. Two terrorists killed 14 people and wounded 22 during the attack.
The legislaciónn proposal faces a technology industry working fiercely to offer the strongest encryption of history, encouraged in part by the revelations about government spying presented by former CIA agent, Edward Snowden in 2013. for example, the popular instant messaging service WhatsApp began, this week, to encrypt all communications from beginning to end, meaning that the company does not has no way of knowing its contents.
the legislation under consideration is part of the consequences of the battle between Apple and the FBI. The Committee on Intelligence of the Senate announced in February that it would try to impose criminal companies like Apple who refuse to do what they were asked penalties.
However, as currently written, the legislation does not say what such actions are ordain take companies that circumstances allow authorities to issue an order, or punishments deserve who did not obey, Reuters said, citing people with knowledge of the text.
the House white referred Reuters to comments from his press secretary, made last month, in the sense that the proper administrative viewed with “skepticism” that lawmakers can settle the debate over encryption, given how difficult it is to deal even with “things simple “.
The White House could not be reached immediately for comment.
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