Debate - Encryption: Tool of Terror vs. Tool of Liberty?

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Earlier this year, Apple and the FBI battled it out over access to an encrypted terrorist’s cellphone in the tragic aftermath of San Bernardino. Should the government have backdoor access to encrypted messages to protect our national security, or do backdoors ultimately make us less secure? Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, will square off with Daniel Rosenthal, a former Director of Counterterrorism for the White House, in one of this year’s most controversial security and privacy debates.