Google lends Apple support over FBI encryption demands<article>
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has lent support to Apple in the debate over encrypted iPhones—sort of.</p><p>
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a series of Twitter posts, Pichai praised Apple CEO Tim Cook for writing an “important” letter that
speaks out against the FBI’s decryption demands. “Forcing companies to enable hacking could compromise users’ privacy,” Pichai wrote.</p><p>
While Pichai noted that Google provides data access to law enforcement when legally required, that’s different from making tech companies enable hacking of customers’ devices and data. “Could be a troubling precedent,” Pichai added.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3034549/security/google-nods-in-apple-s-direction-over-fbi-encryption-demands.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Google lends Apple support over FBI encryption demands
