Security Win: Burr-Feinstein Proposal Declared “Dead” for This Year

Tags: 2010s Going Dark Law Enforcement

Authors: Reitman, Rainey

Published: May 2016

URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/05/win-one-security-burr-feinstein-proposal-declared-dead-year

Abstract: This post from the Electronic Frontier Foundation details how proposed legislation from Senators Burr and Feinstein was not going to be introduced, which was seen as a win by many privacy advocates. The article explains the proposal, which would mandate backdoors, and then describes that although it would not advance, many others like it were still being proposed or debated.