[Cryptography] Text of Burr-Feinstein encryption backdoor bill

Henry Baker hbaker1 at pipeline.com
Fri Apr 8 13:25:23 EDT 2016


FYI --

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2797124/Burr-Feinstein-Encryption-Bill-Discussion-Draft.pdf

"Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016"

It is the sense of Congress that-

(1) no person or entity is above the law;

(2) economic growth prosperity security, stability,
and liberty require adherence to the rule of law;

(3) the Constitution and laws of the United States
provide for the safety, security, and civil
liberties of all United States persons and the
protections and obligations of these laws apply to
all persons within United States jurisdiction;

(4) all providers of communications services and
products (including software) should protect the
privacy of United States persons through implementation
of appropriate data security and still respect the rule
of law and comply with all legal requirements and court
orders;

(5) to uphold both the rule of law and protect
the interests and security of the United States, all
persons receiving an authorized judicial order for
information or data must provide, in a timely  manner,
responsive, intelligible information or data, or
appropriate technical assistance to obtain such
information or data; and

(6) covered entities must provide responsive,
intelligible information or data, or appropriate
technical assistance to a government pursuant order.

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Translation of the preamble: "Abandon all hope,
ye who enter here".



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