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Apple makes interesting security hire as it compares FBI request to forcing pharma firm to make lethal drugs

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<p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/25/apple-hires-developer-behind-signal-edward-snowdens-favorite-secure-chat-app/" target="_blank">TechCrunch[/url] spotted an interesting security hire by Apple: the developer behind Edward Snowden’s recommended secure chat app is joining Apple as an intern.</p>

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Frederic Jacobs</span><span class="s2">, a Switzerland-based developer who worked to develop secure messaging app <span class="s1">Signal [

…] </span>announced today that he is joining the Cupertino-based company this summer to work in its CoreOS security team. </span></p>

<p>As the site notes, Signal passed every <a href="https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard" target="_blank">security test[/url] when put through its paces by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and you can’t really get a better endorsement than the fact that Snowden trusts it.</p>
<p>Apple is also ramping up its incredibly strong language in arguing its position against the FBI …</p>
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