ACLU Letter for the Record on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing, “Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives”

This ACLU letter was submitted for the record on a April 19 hearing in the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing titled “Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives.” The letter urges the committee to oppose any “backdoor” proposals that request, incentivize, or require companies to weaken encryption to facilitates government surveillance, or grant the government the authority it sought in the recent Apple case to compel companies to effectively hack into the devices of their consumers.