A recent Florida bill aimed at requiring social media companies to implement an encryption backdoor for police access has been indefinitely postponed. This legislation, called the Social Media Use by Minors bill, faced strong opposition from digital rights advocates who deemed it 'dangerous and dumb.' The Senate had previously voted to advance it, but without approval from both legislative chambers, the bill could not become law. Experts warn that creating a backdoor for law enforcement undermines user security and increases the risk of data breaches, as secure systems cannot have both backdoor access and full protection.
Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation called the bill 'dangerous and dumb.' Security professionals argue that it's impossible to create a secure backdoor without risk.
The bill would have required social media firms to 'provide a mechanism to decrypt end-to-end encryption when law enforcement obtains a subpoena,' posing risks to user privacy.
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