FBI director James Comey announced this morning that he is working with home security firm ADT to have a special backdoor installed in each of their customers’ houses, a controversial move that will likely have privacy advocates a little upset.
The backdoor would make it possible for the FBI to access a suspect’s house once they have acquired a search warrant.
“I have a problem with that term ‘backdoor’,” Comey said. “We don’t want a door or a window. We just want a hinged or sliding barrier that lets us inside and is accessible by a key that presumably only we have.”
ADT have stated that they will fully comply with instructions from the bureau. “We believe in the safety and security of all United States citizens, and the best way to ensure that is by creating a backdoor for the FBI to use only when they really need to,” the company explained in a press release.
Asked whether criminals or terrorists might try to break into this door themselves, Comey responded, “I hope not.”
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