How the Senate Encryption Bill Resembles Chinese Law (And How it Does Not)

Nextgov: The Senate Intelligence Committee unveiled legislation this week that would require technology companies to give up your encrypted iPhone messages to law enforcement. The bill shares a bit with similar legislation China adopted last year.

The Senate’s Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016 wants to make technology companies like Apple comply with court orders and give “intelligible information or data, or appropriate technical assistance to obtain such information or data,” to law enforcement.

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