The DOJ’s desire for a “backdoor” to encrypted data is understandable, but its way of getting it looks calculated, secretive, and two-faced.
More than 40 tech companies, trade groups, and privacy advocates filed amicus briefs this week in support of Apple in its dispute with the FBI over San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook’s iPhone. The government won a court order in February demanding that Apple create a custom OS for the phone that would allow law enforcement to bypass security features and break into the device. Apple has refused.
