The Trump administration's restrictions on Americans' abilities to update Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat could degrade user security further, experts say.
The ACLU and EFF say a failure to clarify the legal requirements for giving authorities access to encrypted communications would set a dangerous precedent.
The driving force behind Wyden's increasingly granular push to improve U.S. government cybersecurity is Chris Soghoian, the former ACLU technologist who joined Wyden's office earlier this year.