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Attorney General William Barr on Encryption Policy

Schneier on Security

If the choice is between a world where we can achieve a 99 percent assurance against cyber threats to consumers, while still providing law enforcement 80 percent of the access it might seek; or a world, on the other hand, where we have boosted our cybersecurity to 99.5 This is untenable.

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Attorney General Barr and Encryption

Schneier on Security

If the choice is between a world where we can achieve a 99 percent assurance against cyber threats to consumers, while still providing law enforcement 80 percent of the access it might seek; or a world, on the other hand, where we have boosted our cybersecurity to 99.5 This is untenable.

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Highlights from the New U.S. Cybersecurity Strategy

Krebs on Security

military in disrupting cybercriminal infrastructure, and it names China as the single biggest cyber threat to U.S. But back in 2003, most of the world’s companies didn’t host their entire business in the cloud.