Apple CEO Tim Cook warns FBI against weaker encryption laws
Apple chief executive Tim Cook echoed words from the security community on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s current push for backdoor encryption, which could weaken the current mobile encryption techniques used by Apple, Google and other technology companies.
Speaking at the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington DC, Cook said “So let me be crystal clear: Weakening encryption or taking it away harms good people who are using it for the right reason,” and called the FBI plea for removal of mobile encryption “incredibly dangerous.”
FBI director James Comey proposed backdoor access to encryption systems for investigators looking into criminals, but like the terrorist language used to justify NSA surveillance networks, the push has not gone down well with privacy advocates or tech companies.
