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The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy: EventID=104573

A 2016 House Judiciary Committee hearing on encryption, held during the Apple and FBI iPhone dispute. It features testimony from Apple, the FBI and outside experts including Susan Landau, and runs over five hours.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN users cite it as primary-source testimony, especially for the argument that weakening encryption is security versus security, not privacy versus security.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
House Committee on the Judiciary
Topic
encryption policy
Format
news
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2016–2017

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • It has been explained to them multiple times in congressional hearings. If you have a long time, the recent House Judiciary Committee Hearing is worth the watch: The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy [VIDEO] There was another one that I watched back in …

    rietta on Hacker News · 2016-03
    In FBI Wants It to Be Impractical to Deploy Strong Encryption Without Key Escrow

  • I sat through the YouTube presentation (which is available at [VIDEO] if you have four hours to spare). In general the discussions were quite well presented, apart from a couple of rabid questioners suggesting that public security trumped any one individuals' right to personal security. …

    alblue on Hacker News · 2016-03
    In FBI’s Comey Concedes Mistake Was Made Over iPhone in San Bernardino Case

  • Susan Landau's congressional testimony - with Comey siting one table away - applies to this as well. She explains in detail not only the problem with backdoors, but also how the FBI badly needs to update their methods. The quote from the NSA that legal …

    pdkl95 on Hacker News · 2017-05
    In FBI director Comey backs new Feinstein push for decrypt bill

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