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# The Battle for Privacy Continues
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/the-battle-for-privacy-continues/
- Published: 2020-06-24T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-06-24T16:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Dave Mark writing for The Loop:](https://www.loopinsight.com/2020/06/24/senate-republicans-introduce-lawful-access-to-encrypted-data-act-which-would-change-privacy-as-we-know-it/?ref=birchtree.me)

> The way I read it, this would require device manufacturers (like Apple) to build in some mechanism to allow them to (as the result of a warrant) break encryption. This is no small thing. This would break Apple’s privacy foundation.

I think framing this around Apple kind of belittles the impact here: this is fundamentally breaking the idea of encrypted, private communication full stop.

Two years ago, the Republican-endorsed leadership at the FCC tore down net neutrality, and now the same party is coming after your right to have any private communication. I can understand the perspective that law enforcement would greatly benefit from this information in extreme cases, but it's not just a matter of officials getting this data, it's the fact that a back door is a fundamental security flaw in encryption and those flaws tend to get compromised.