Four major tech groups, representing companies including Facebook, Netflix and Google, have written an open letter to a pair of senators regarding their bill requiring all encryption have the ability to be cracked when needed, TechCrunch reports. The bill, by Senators Richard Burr, R-N.C, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., was recently leaked and widely criticized. “We write to express our deep concerns about well-intentioned but ultimately unworkable policies around encryption that would weaken the very defenses we need to protect us from people who want to cause economic and physical harm,” the letter’s opening reads. The letter arrives at the same time a new survey from ACT reveals that 93 percent of respondents said it’s important their data is secured, with 92 percent needing strong encryption on their devices.
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