Debate On FBI Potential Access To Encryption Software Key

US lawmakers may be asked to give the FBI a "software key" to encryption technology that would allow the agency to unlock secret Internet messages but experts warn the measure would impair commerce and violate privacy right without deterring terrorism. The . . . US lawmakers may be asked to give the FBI a "software key" to encryption technology that would allow the agency to unlock secret Internet messages but experts warn the measure would impair commerce and violate privacy right without deterring terrorism. The devastating 11 September hijacking attacks on New York and Washington have rekindled the debate over public use of powerful cryptography software, and some US lawmakers have called for restrictions on the free and widely available technology used to scramble electronic communications.

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