Apple and Google Beg Obama to Reject Encryption Backdoors

A accumulation of tech giants , including Apple and Google , along with noted cryptologists , have sent President Obama a letter urging him to reject government proposals to include backdoor in encrypt communicating systems .

The letter , sent Tuesday , wasobtained by the Washington Post . The newspaper explicate that the plea is signalise by “ more than 140 tech companies , spectacular technologists and civil gild group . ” In the missive , they write that “ strong encryption is the basis of the modern information saving ’s security . ”

The FBI and Justice Department have declared that they support encoding but would also like to be able-bodied to access citizen data — in effect demanding that backdoor be installed in the encoding systems of new devices , allowing them to sleuth at will . The likes of Apple and Google rightly see that an encryption system with a backdoor is rather pointless : any such route is a exposure that can be exploited .

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The Post reports that the letter is signed by “ three of the five member of a presidential revaluation group appoint by Obama in 2013 to tax technology policies in the wake of leaks by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden . ” Also on the list is a serial publication of insurance expert and privacy experts .

Whether it will prove a success remains to be seen . But the message is clear-cut : The industry does n’t think politics backdoors are a unspoilt idea , and the administration wo n’t make any friends if it mulishly bows to FBI and Justice Department postulation .

[ Washington Post ]

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