Sir Andrew Parker also claims UK spies are not doing bulk surveillance
British spies are once again stipulating that tech companies break their encryption so life is made easier for state-sponsored eavesdroppers.
The head of the domestic spy agency, Sir Andrew Parker, demanded that companies such as Facebook compromise the security of their messaging products so spies could read off the contents of messages at will.
Although Sir Andrew linked this need to serious crimes such as terrorism, the principle of a technical backdoor is that once open to spies, it's open to anyone who knows it exists.
Calling the world of encrypted messaging apps a "Wild West" that is "inaccessible to authorities", Sir Andrew told ITV in a pre-recorded interview: "Can you provide end-to-end encryption but on an exceptional basis – exceptional basis – where there is a legal warrant and a comp ..
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