Apple, Facebook and Google warn that weakened encryption will help the bad guys

Nov20

by Sindy Cator on November 20, 2015 at 1:23 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, encryption, Google, Information Technology Industry Council, Pavel Durov, telegram

In the wake of the Paris attacks, Apple, Facebook and Google, along with dozens of other global tech firms, have urged regulators against weakening vital encryption tools used to secure systems across industries like banking and transport. Heads of the G20 group of nations met on Monday to discuss the response to the events in France and vowed to launch joint security initiatives to beat the Islamic State. In response, the CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) Dean Garfield said: We deeply appreciate law enforcement’s and the national security community’s work to protect us, but weakening encryption or creating backdoors to encrypted…