Congressional group says backdoor laws would do more harm than good

Today, the House Judiciary Committee’s Encryption Working Group released its year-end report — and the result is good news for technology companies. While the report doesn’t explicitly rule out encryption legislation, it lands firmly on the side of encryption policy critics, arguing that law enforcement backdoors pose a threat to security.The result is a major blow to many public figures in law enforcement, who have consistently argued that device encryption presents a new thre