Apple joins Google, Microsoft and others in an open letter declaring anti-encryption bill ‘unworkable’<div class="feat-image">
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<p>Just a day after a prominent legal expert <a href="
http://9to5mac.com/2016/04/19/feinstein-burr-legal-analysis/" target="_blank">described[/url] the proposed anti-encryption <a href="
http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/18/penalize-tech-companies-for-not-decrypting-devices/" target="_blank">Burr-Feinstein bill[/url] as unconstitutional, unenforceable and harmful, Apple has called the proposal ‘well-intentioned but ultimately unworkable.’</p>
<p>The description is in an <a href="
http://reformgs.tumblr.com/post/143084034822/letter-to-chairman-burr-and-vice-chairman" target="_blank">open letter[/url] from the Reform Government Surveillance <a href="
https://www.reformgovernmentsurveillance.com" target="_blank">coalition[/url], of which Apple is a key member, alongside companies such as Google, Dropbox, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter. The letter, addressed to the two Senators behind the proposed bill, explains why it would be harmful to the interests of both the U.S. people and American businesses …</p>
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Apple joins Google, Microsoft and others in an open letter declaring anti-encryption bill ‘unworkable’
