The bill is a “full-frontal nuclear assault on encryption in all its forms,” says Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.

“You are creating a world where criminals have better security than law-abiding citizens do,”

The intrigue: Pfefferkorn believes that the act’s backers aim to make another bill that could weaken encryption, the EARN IT Act, appear more reasonable. Both should be rejected, she argues.

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