Tech coalitions write open letter over US bill banning encryption

A Tech group just wrote an open letter to US Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, concerning their bill requiring all encryption to be breakable on command.

The mentioned letter starts by saying “We write to express our deep concerns about well-intentioned but ultimately unworkable policies around encryption that would weaken the very defenses we need to protect us from people who want to cause economic and physical harm.” and goes on by pointing out “unintended consequences”.

Reform Government Surveillance, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the Internet Infrastructure Coalition, and the Entertainment Software Association have signed the letter. Those four represent most of the major internet and tech companies such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Netflix and Verisign.

At the same time an US survey from ACT concludes that 93 percent of peole being asked answered it is important that their data is secured and that 92 percent of people being asked support strong encryption on their devices.