“Secure communications are fundamental to the exercise of freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age,” the UN’s David Kaye wrote in an amicus brief.
David Kaye, the free speech rapporteur for the United Nations, has expressed his support for Apple in its encryption impasse with the FBI, BuzzFeed News reports. For the past two weeks, Apple has pushed back against a court order requesting that the company grant the FBI access to San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook’s iPhone.