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Apple to backdoor encryption? Round 2 - UK demands Apple to backdoor encryption similar to what the FBI asked ten years ago. Will Apple stay strong?


UK demands Apple to backdoor encryption similar to what the FBI asked ten years ago. Will Apple stay strong?

Comic showing Apple CEO Tim Cook unlocking the iPhone while the FBI, hackers, repressive regimes and more stand in line to get access to the decrypted data. The moment the news about the UK’s demand to backdoor Apple’s encryption, the opposition has started to sound the alarm, even in the USA: Sen. Ron Wyden (Oregon), a Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said to the Washington Post: Is is noteworthy that Apple tried to introduce the end-to-end encryption function for its cloud storage already during the first term of President Donald Trump – but backed off because of complaints that the company would not help law enforcement agencies with prosecuting criminals such as murderers or drug dealers.

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