(credit: Sen. Richard Burr)
Sen. Richard Burr (R-North Carolina), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, reportedly will introduce legislation soon to criminalize a company’s refusal to aid decryption efforts as part of a governmental investigation. The news was first reported Thursday afternoon by the Wall Street Journal.
Burr’s office did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment.
Burr published an op-ed in USA Today earlier today saying that Apple has “wrongly chosen to prioritize its business model above compliance with a lawfully issued court order.”
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