Apple hires mobile encryption pioneer as encryption debate rages on<article>
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Apple has rehired a mobile encryption pioneer as it <span style="line-height: 1.75em;">continues to face pressure from governments wanting access to user data stored on iPhones. </span></p><p>
Jon Callas most recently worked as a co-founder of Silent Circle, which produced the security-minded Blackphone and has joined the iPhone and iPad maker in an undisclosed capacity,
Apple revealed to Reuters. Callas is a veteran of the security industry who also co-founded PGP Corporation.</p><p>
He first worked at Apple from 1995-1997, then again from 2009-2011. He has two patents to his name from that second stint that are both focused on full-disk encryption, something that Apple uses in its smartphones, tablets and computers. </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3074927/encryption/apple-hires-mobile-encryption-pioneer-amid-encryption-debate.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple hires mobile encryption pioneer as encryption debate rages on
