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Encryption technologies in place to protect the american people from terrorism or criminals. theyre doing this to protect the american people from their own government and this is making it difficult for intelligence agencies to follow terror suspects, making it hard to solve crimes. even a crime in chicago where a father of six was killed and the only clues are two phones, a cell phone -- a google and an apple phone, and they cant be opened because of this new encryption technology. >> one of t...

Services. the apple ceo tim cook is pushing back against calls to give the feds better access to iphone records there are reports the killers might have used encryption technology to hide their messages. tim cook said his company is trying to protect privacy of its users. >> i dont believe that the tradeoff here is privacy versus national security. i think that is an overly simplistic view. were america. we should have both. >> the fbi director says encryption technology gives terrorists a tre...

Terrorists and their so-called lone wolf followers during the holidays. >> of course, when terrorists pull off a despicable act like what happened in san bernardino, it tears at our hearts. but it also stiffens our resolve. >> reporter: after a rare briefing at the national counterterrorism center, the president said there is no current specific or credible threat to the u.s. homeland. with that intelligence in hand, he urged americans to remain calm. >> so anyone trying to harm americans need t...

People are, they already have access to encryption. right now, were the only people that arent using inception technology. people who are already engaged in high-risk behavior are already using it. what were trying to do is develop technology that is really simple to use and accessible to just everyday normal people. >> so what we have now is the government saying, you know, maybe encryptions not 100% bad but we need backdoor access, the ability to access these communications. go to the best and...

Growing high-tech menace of terrorists concealing messages through social media and encrypted messaging on smartphones. >> we are concerned about the way that some terrorists are using encryption technology to make their plots harder to detect and disrupt. >> reporter: to calm a jittery public after the terror attack in san bernardino, the white house is amped up the presidents use of the bully pulpit from an oval office address to the stop at the pentagon. the administration is unveiled changes...

Also, watch app, which is owned by facebook. where you can live broadcast. there are group chats where folks can talk up to 200 people. they also have self-destructing messages. i had an analyst tell me this was the hot new app amongst isis. were also hearing more about encryption technology. because this is a dual technology. it protects us, protects our bank accounts. it makes the internet a safer place. it also of course protects the bad guys. its becoming harder and harder for law enforcemen...

Ten days of submersion? >> fred, theres really three areas that theyre going to have to be concerned with. one, and really the easiest to overcome, is the physical damage of being submerged. and frankly, were going to need the investigators that are going to be involved in this. theyre going to be very experienced. and thats going to be the easy piece. the second piece is going to be if the hard drive has been encrypted. if its been encrypted, it depends on what type of encryption, the complexit...

Advanced encryption that cannot be desiperred. brian todd joins us. you actually got a demonstration. what did you learn? >> we learned how remarkably easy it is using encryption technology available to all of us. case in point was the morning of the garland, texas, attacks last may. the fbi is still frustrated they still cannot break the encrypted communications that were flying around just before that attack. >> reporter: in the hours leading up to this nearly catastrophic terror attack, the p...

Encryption technology developed or at least modified by supporters of al qaeda. experts say it helps terrorists communicate in secret. and theres a mobile version of it. i isis has developed a mobile app that provides updates to news and propaganda with videos. and jihadi websites public tutorials telling militants how to hide tracks online and which apps to use for most secrecy. >> that provided pretty sophisticated guidelines what to use, what to talk about, how not to get their communications...

We learned more about the isis inspired shooting in garland, texas, last may, a temperate for how these domestic case goes down. the gunman elton simpson wounded a security guard before police shot and killed them. both men inspired by isis to take out a prophet mohammed cartoon drawing contest. the fbi director testifying the suspects had gone dark using communications and in one case 109 hidden messages were sent, and no one, not the fbi, nor the company behind the encrypted app, have unlocked...