A reader comments on the bill:
Since there is already strong encryption available without backdoors, how would this legislation stop its continuing use? Make every one who owns a computer a criminal until they submit said computer to a “cleansing” agency?
Yeah. I don’t think the bill has been well thought out. Maybe those who already use strong encryption would be grandfathered in? Sounds a little ridiculous, just off-hand.
Lawfare has made available a link to a C-Span taping of the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on this issue. I have not watched it, and at nearly 7 hours long, I don’t know if I’ll have time. The Lawfare link lists the witnesses.
