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Silicon Valley Faces Showdown as Lawmakers Fume Over Encryption


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FBI Director James Comey, right, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday.

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A number of lawmakers on Thursday expressed a growing frustration with technology companies and signaled Congress would consider either curbing encrypted communications or allowing law enforcement to gain new access to records, a sharp reversal from a multi-year shift towards more privacy.

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