NSA director actually says encryption backdoors are a bad idea

NSA director Admiral Michael Rogers has said that encryption is “foundational to the future” — and privacy shouldn’t be sacrificed for security. The statement is quite a contrast to the government’s usual pro-backdoor rhetoric, which has called for some kind of access into encrypted communications and has subsequently faced fierce opposition from civil liberties groups and tech companies.
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