WhatsApp Poised to Become Subject of Next Justice Department Encryption Showdown
Apple isn’t the only tech company fighting the FBI over privacy concerns.
Apple isn’t the only tech company fighting the FBI over privacy concerns.
Since a pitched legal battle between the FBI and Apple began last month, the arguments over encryption and national security are deepening
Apple became the first big tech company to openly criticize the FBI’s attempts to force companies to unlock phones to help investigators get access to information.
Members of Congress did something almost unheard of at Tuesday’s hearing on the brewing battle over encryption between Apple and the FBI: their job.
The other part of the FBI strategy is also to stake a claim to the high moral ground.
The nation’s largest mobile carrier, Verizon Wireless, is siding with Apple in its fight against the FBI over unlocking an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters.
Apple is now facing demands from the Justice Department to unlock at least nine iPhones, supporting the company’s claims that its encryption safeguards are under attack.
Bill Gates is siding with the FBI in it battle to force Apple to help hack into a locked iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino shooters.