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National debate over encryption seeps into SXSW Interactive

(from left) Stewart Baker, former General Counsel of the National Security Agency, Amit Yoran, president of security company RSA, and University of Pennsylvania professor Matt Blaze discuss cyber security during the SXSW Interactive panel Cryptowars 2.0: Silicon Valley Vs. Washington on March 14, 2016. (John Clark for American-Statesman)

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(from left) Stewart Baker, former General Counsel of the National Security Agency, Amit Yoran, president of security company RSA, and University of Pennsylvania professor Matt Blaze discuss cyber security during the SXSW Interactive panel Cryptowars 2.0: Silicon Valley Vs. Washington on March 14, 2016. (John Clark for American-Statesman)
By American-Statesman Staff
March 16, 2016

The fierce national debate over encryption was a recurring theme.during the SXSW Interactive festival. The discussion has heated up in the past few months, obviously, thanks to the dispute between Apple Inc. and the U.S. Justice Department over whether Apple should help the FBI unlock the iPhone of one of the shooters in the San Bernardino, Calif., terrorist attacks.

The issue made for a heated panel discussion during SXSW Interactive. American-Statesman reporter Jazmine Ulloa has a full wrapup on the panel, and on the wider points of the debate.

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