House bill would ban feds from weakening digital security

Hours after Sen Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced legislation to prevent the government from forcing companies to build backdoors into their technology, Rep Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) has unveiled a similar bill for the House. The timing of the bill, with just days left on the congressional calendar, makes it unlikely to move forward in 2014. Yet the coordinated action in both chambers of Congress sends a strong signal to the Obama Administration that some lawmakers are prepared to fight against the FBI’s demand that it be able to access people's cellphones and other devices.