Crypto Wars

Crypto wars is a term used to describe a long-running debate in the security and privacy community about the rights of governments to require that software companies make it easier for law enforcement and intelligence agencies to gain access to the data they store. On one side, there are those who argue that companies should not be required to make encrypted data more easily accessible because it would make their users' data less secure. On the other side, there are those who argue that it is important for governments to be able to access people's data for the protection of public safety. The debate between these two sides has been going on for many years.