Push for encryption law falters despite Apple case spotlight

No effect: Just months after the mass-murder, the push for legislation for tech to help such investigations has stopped.

WASHINGTON/ SAN FRANCISCO: After a rampage that left 14 people dead in San Bernardino, key US lawmakers pledged to seek a law requiring technology companies to give law enforcement agencies a "back door" to encrypted communications and electronic devices, such as the iPhone used by one of the shooters.

Now, only months later, much of the support is gone, and the push for legislation dead, according to sources in congressional offices, the administration and the tech sector.