Secret Memo Details U.S.'s Broader Strategy to Crack Phones
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-19/secret-memo-details-u-s-s-broader-strategy-to-crack-phones
But while the companies may have thought that was the final
word, in fact the government was working on a Plan B. In a
secret meeting convened by the White House around Thanksgiving,
senior national security officials ordered agencies across the
U.S. government to find ways to counter encryption software and
gain access to the most heavily protected user data on the most
secure consumer devices, including Apple Inc.'s iPhone, the
marquee product of one of America's most valuable companies,
according to two people familiar with the decision.
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I warned of this all along. I take no pleasure in being correct today.
And by the way, the companies are smart enough to have known this too,
despite what this author suggests.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
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