Calling a Truce to the Crypto Wars: Why Congress and Tech Companies Must Work Together to Introduce New Solutions and Legislation to Regulate Encryption

Liz Kaminski

eYLS (Yale Law School) · 2018 · 29 citations · 0 references

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conference room at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California and opened fire. 1 By the end of the attack, Farook and his wife murdered fourteen people and left twenty-two people seriously injured. 2 Both attackers died during a gunfight with authorities after being pursued for the brutal assault. 3 Then considered "the third deadliest attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001," law enforcement, unsurprisingly, began an immediate investigation into the mass shooting. 4 During the course of the investigation, law enforcement recovered three cellphones used by the assailants. 5 Only one cellphone remained intact, an Apple iPhone 5C provided to Farook from his employer, the San Bernardino County Department of Health. 6Apple's encryption technology, however,