Fbi Casually Asks Tech Ceo to Add Backdoor to Software

here's the really really interesting story from PC Magazine the sneers historian PC Magazine do it which talks about arm the FBI and the FBI approaching different software manufacturers and very casually asking them to build the back door into their software so that the FBI and authorities can kind of just login on their own as the case may be and look stuff up there was a recent Rs a security conference and Nico cell was on stage announcing that her company wicker is going to be making some changes to its users security now weaker is kinda like a snapchat but more secure and more closed off okay and she said at the conference that the company's going to switch from our essay encryption to elliptic curve encryption saying that the service wouldn't have a back door for anyone you don't even need to understand what these types of encryption systems are just the point is she goes up there he says we're switching from one security method to another and it's going to be more secure period as she describes it she leaves the stage Louis and right away right in front of a whole buncha people not loud but just without waiting for her to really walk away a guy casually walks up to her and says hey and with the FBI would you be interested in maybe just working in a back door for us so we can access your data very casual almost like you would ask just pay and any interest in maybe just kinda grabbing a drink in talking about what you're doing hey would you just work in a back door so the FBI can access the data your users in spy on them and she reacted in a way which most people probably wouldn't from what I've read a lot of people say we'd we'd love to talk to you are here you know you get kinda surprise that maybe you go along with your YouTube react aggressively and she said hold on a second are is this an official request from the FBI like are we is this on the record are you here who are you representing who is your boss do you have this in writing that you're asking me for this backdoor or is this like a off-the-record type thing and immediately Louis the FBI guy started backing up in as she tells that Nico cell went on and and lecture the guy about the first and fourth amendment in a bunch of other stuff that this is probably the exception right and that's the obvious question to ask when you're casually approached as it seems is is more common than people think is are you officially asking me under FBI direction to to build the back door for you and if so give me that in writing that's the question that should be asked and kudos to Nico sell for asking that question yeah you know I don't know if I would ask that question because the after all the things we've covered actor Robert talking was down about this I would just assume it something shady is going on in that the vast majority of the time there is nothing official happening I image types instances yet seems to well keeping keeping a a kind of distance so that you can have this facade plausible deniability is not uncommon but again if everybody simply said is this an official request a lotta stuff that people don't like probably wouldn't happen that's true I'm sure some people I want to to help out go along with this just so that their on the FBI's good side I guess you could say