Interpol: Strong encryption helps online predators. Build backdoors

Multinational police agency Interpol is due to say that tech companies deploying strong encryption helps paedophiles – unless they build backdoors for police workers.

So-called “think of the children” rhetoric is a tried and trusted strategy for police workers who are determined to get their way with politicians. The agency has yet to issue the communique in question, though it is expected to be welcomed by Western governments increasingly fed up that their internal security agencies are unable to exercise China-style social control and surveillance over their populations.

Source: Interpol: Strong encryption helps online predators. Build backdoors • The Register