Microsoft's President says company supports Apple in its iPhone encryption fight with FBIMicrosoft has finally offered an official position on the current fight between Apple and the FBI over access to an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooting suspects. Microsoft's president Brad Smith told members of the U.S House of Representatives Judiciary Committee that the company supports Apple and will in fact file an amicus brief supporting the company as it enters its court case against the FBI next week. Smith was previously scheduled to appear before the Judiciary Committee on the subject of governments requesting that companies hand over data that are stored on servers outside those countries. Microsoft has been dealing with these kinds of issues for some time and currently in the middle of a criminal case in Brazil where the country's government has fined the company because Microsoft would not turn over data that was stored in the U.S. During his testimony, Smith was asked about Microsoft's opinion on Apple's case. In stating the company's support ...<br clear='all'/>
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Microsoft's President says company supports Apple in its iPhone encryption fight with FBI
