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Google lends Apple support over FBI encryption demands

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has lent support to Apple in the debate over encrypted iPhones—sort of.</p><p>
In a series of Twitter posts (https://storify.com/gruber/sundar-pichai-on-the-apple-fbi-encryption-fight), Pichai praised Apple CEO Tim Cook for writing an “important” letter that  speaks out against the FBI’s decryption demands (http://www.macworld.com/article/3034214/security/tim-cook-says-apple-will-oppose-court-order-rather-than-hack-customers.html#tk.rss_all). “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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