Two Democrats Ask Barr to Stop Seeking Backdoors on Encryption

A pair of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr urging him to stop government requests for encryption backdoors, which allow the government to obtain certain user information from tech companies. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) argued that the Justice Department's push to limit such encryption "is not just hypocritical, but it has been repeatedly criticized by cryptographers and other leading cybersecurity experts."