EFF, ACLU and Access Now join forces to back Apple in encryption fightThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Access Now have all come out in support of Apple in its ongoing encryption dispute with the FBI. In a joint statement, the three groups warn against the "disturbing" precedent the government has set in seeking to compel Apple to create a backdoor into its own products: This is a fight that implicates all technology users. There are already bad actors trying to defeat the security on iPhones, and an FBI-ordered backdoor will only assist their efforts. Once this has been created, malicious hackers will surely increase their attacks on the FBI and Apple, hoping to ferret out clues to this entrance route—and they may well succeed. The precedent created by this case is disturbing: it creates a new pathway for the government to conscript private companies into building surveillance tools. If Apple can be compelled to create a master key to unlock this iPhone, then little will prevent the governm...<br clear='all'/>
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EFF, ACLU and Access Now join forces to back Apple in encryption fight
