Digital Privacy and Encryption Protection Act: Banning Backdoors and Device Scanning.
This Act significantly strengthens digital privacy by prohibiting government agencies from forcing tech companies to build security weaknesses ("backdoors") into devices and software. It explicitly protects End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) and bans the scanning of user content on local devices before encryption. Evidence obtained through these prohibited surveillance methods is immediately inadmissible in court, and violating officials face severe penalties.
Key points
Government agencies are banned from mandating or coercing the creation of backdoors or weakening encryption standards in consumer products, enhancing data security.
Strict prohibition on "Client-Side Scanning," which analyzes private content on a user's device before it is encrypted, protecting Fourth Amendment rights.
Evidence gathered via prohibited surveillance methods is inadmissible in court; violating officials face termination and criminal penalties.
Establishes a civilian-led board (VRB) biased toward immediately disclosing government-discovered security flaws (Zero-Days) to vendors for patching.
Initiative
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