Tech companies and privacy advocates have been in a stalemate with government officials over how encrypted communication affects the ability of federal investigators to monitor terrorists and other criminals. A new study by Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society convened experts from all sides to put the issue in context.

Source: Encryption May Hurt Surveillance, But Internet Of Things Could Open New Doors : All Tech Considered : NPR

Source: A Harvard study says encryption won’t save us. Soon, we’re all going to be watched – Quartz

Data wants to be free. Not as in there not being a financial cost, but more in terms of being accessible to many. But not all entities want data to be free, for a host of reasons. The U.S. governmenthas since the early Snowden days a few years back suggested that their ability to track suspects using technology is under threat because of encryption by tech companies.

Source: IoT Opens New Privacy, Surveillance Issues, Says Harvard Study 02/02/2016

Harvard’s internet arm frets about gizmo security

Source: Sure, encrypt your email – while your shiny IoT toothbrush spies on you • The Register

WASHINGTON — For more than two years the FBI and intelligence agencies have warned that encrypted communications are creating a “going dark” crisis that will keep them from tracking terrorists and kidnappers.

Source: New technologies give government ample means to track suspects, study finds – The Boston Globe

“America is more secure with end-to-end unbreakable encryption,” said General Michael Hayden, who is now a principal of the Chertoff Group, a global advisory firm focused on security and risk management.

Source: WSJ CIO Network: Former Director of CIA, NSA Argues for End-to-End Encryption – The CIO Report – WSJ

Source: Actual Tech Experts Tell US Government Scaremongers To Stop Panicking About Encryption  | Gizmodo Australia

Officials at the highest levels of U.S. law enforcement have spent more than a year trying to scare Americans into believing technologies designed to keep private communications out of government hands create a digital playground for child molesters, jihadists and other shady characters. A new study from Harvard reveals why the claims hold very little truth.

Source: Study: Government really doesn’t need surveillance backdoors

Internet of Things opens government access to real-time, recorded communications.

Source: Gov’t doesn’t need crypto backdoors to spy—your TV and toothbrush will do | Ars Technica UK

The Harvard report included both current and former senior intelligence officials.

Source: Study: Law enforcement overstating risk of criminals ‘going dark’ | TheHill