Wyden, Lofgren Introduce Bills Focusing on Tech 'Backdoors'
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., introduced legislation to prevent the federal government from mandating that tech companies build in what Wyden called, in a news release, “backdoors” for gathering private information. He attached a copy of…
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the bill text. “This bill sends a message to leaders of those agencies to stop recklessly pushing for new ways to vacuum up Americans’ private information, and instead put that effort into rebuilding public trust,” Wyden said of the Secure Data Act, in a statement. Lofgren introduced a bill (HR-5800) that has a title outlining a similar intent.