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Apple, Google & others condemn UK proposal to secretly add law enforcement to encrypted chats

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<p>Apple, Google, Microsoft and 44 other organisations and security experts have signed an open letter condemning a proposal to secretly add law enforcement organizations to encrypted chats and calls.</p>
<p>The proposal by GCHQ – Britain’s equivalent of the NSA – seeks to provide <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2019/02/01/gchq-apple/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">an encryption workaround[/url] that would breach <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/privacy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">privacy[/url] and <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">security[/url] in apps like <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/imessage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Messages[/url], <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/facetime/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FaceTime[/url], WhatsApp and Signal …</p>
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