California State Assemblyman Jim Cooper last week introduced a bill seeking to ban the sale of smartphones that include unbreakable encryption. The bill would require smartphones made on or after Jan. 1, 2017, and sold in California to be capable of being decrypted and unlocked by their manufacturers or OS providers. Knowingly failing to comply would subject a seller or lessor — meaning a carrier or other company such as Walmart, which supplies smartphones to end users — to a fine of $2,500 for each device sold or leased.
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California Bill Would Ban Encrypted Smartphone Sales
Posted by: Richard Adhikari January 25, 2016 10:58 AMCalifornia State Assemblyman Jim Cooper last week introduced a bill seeking to ban the sale of smartphones that include unbreakable encryption. The bill would require smartphones made on or after Jan. 1, 2017, and sold in California to be capable of being decrypted and unlocked by their manufacturers or OS providers. Knowingly failing to comply would subject a seller or lessor — meaning a carrier or other company such as Walmart, which supplies smartphones to end users — to a fine of $2,500 for each device sold or leased.