# How AI Could Affect Law Enforcement Access to Encrypted Data

DevFeed: [How AI Could Affect Law Enforcement Access to Encrypted Data](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/everything-is-about-to-go-dark-29099.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/08/14/everything-is-about-to-go-dark/>)

Author: Matthew Green

Published: 2026-08-14T20:17:59Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Matthew Green](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/matthew-green.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [End-to-End Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/end-to-end-encryption.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [uncategorized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uncategorized.md>)

## AI overview

The author argues that AI could make software sufficiently secure that U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement agencies lose substantial access to data. The post places this concern in the context of smartphones and the adoption of encrypted storage and end-to-end encrypted messaging.

## Source excerpt

I'm coming down from spending a few days at Usenix Security, right here in my hometown of Baltimore. This means that my days have been taken up with two kinds of conversation: first, explaining to colleagues why Baltimore isn't actually like The Wire. And second, trying not to talk about AI. Here I'm going to ... Continue reading Everything is about to "go dark" ->