Where Clinton And Trump Stand On Cybersecurity And Privacy

From alleged Russian attacks on Democratic National Committee servers and the vulnerability of Hillary Clinton’s emails to the ongoing debate over law enforcement access to encrypted data, cybersecurity and related privacy issues have become part of the presidential election cycle like never before. Both major party candidates have called for the U.S. to do more to protect itself against digital attacks and to use digital tools to thwart extremist activity and digital communications. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has generally favored continuing policies from the Obama administration, from the current president’s approach to encryption to his national cybersecurity plan, while Republican nominee Donald Trump has said that the current administration has left the country vulnerable to digital and terror attacks, and proposed ramping up cyber warfare and digital surveillance as part of a solution. Keeping Networks Safe Trump and Clinton have both spoken of the need to keep Americans safe from cybercrime—particularly from attacks and digital intellectual property theft sponsored by foreign nations. Clinton warned last year that China is “trying to hack into everything that doesn’t move in America,” after a series of attacks were linked to the Chinese government, and Trump’s campaign has similarly said that “China’s cyber lawlessness… Read full this story

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