The FBI Director Says Encryption Could Lead To 'A Very Dark Place' Even Though The FBI Tells People To Use It

FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that the use of mobile encryption "threatens to lead all of us to a very dark place," even though the FBI's own website has advised people to use encryption on their phones to protect themselves from loss or theft. Comey, in a speech at the Brookings Institution, was warning of the potential pitfalls from Apple's latest iteration of iOS, which offers hardware encryption on iPhones and iPads. Here's more of what he said: "Encryption isn't just a technical fe...