Obama Warns About Dangers of Unbreakable Encryption at SXSW
During a session at the South by SouthWest conference on March 11, President Obama was asked about his views on the Apple-FBI case—in which the FBI wants Apple to unlock the iPhone 5c cell phone used by San Bernardino County, Calif., shooter Syed Farook—in light of the fact that the president and his administration are at SXSW asking the tech community to help improve government overall.
Though he couldn't comment specifically on the case, the president did provide a great deal of context and insight into his thinking on encryption and the balance between privacy and national security.
AT&T is among three large U.S. companies that are apparently eager to begin doing business in Cuba as President Obama prepares to visit the island nation March 20-22 for continued talks on normalizing relations between the two countries.
