Security News > 2020 > October > 'Five Eyes' Alliance Demands Ways to Access Encrypted Apps
The "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance demanded Sunday that tech companies insert "Backdoors" in encrypted apps to allow law enforcement agencies the access they say they need to police online criminality.
Law enforcement globally has complained of the difficulty encrypted communications poses to criminal investigations.
Pro-privacy advocates say encoding the means for law enforcement to access a user's communications can endanger democracy activists and empower dictatorial governments.
Pressure has built in recent years in the US and Europe to force the makers of encryption apps to provide access to law enforcement.
The Five Eyes statement says that its proposal would require safeguards and oversight so that authorities cannot take advantage of their access without cause.