Congress not likely to force iOS and Android decryption for the FBI

[Wireless News]

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vNvkKk8k.OcEhDPbRIxLDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/ios-8-yosemite-privacy-1.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/congress-not-likely-force-ios-android-decryption-fbi-233044086.html)Apple has more than once reminded customers it values their security and privacy-and has been reassuring them-that they won’t become the company’s “product” and that their data will be safely encrypted. Similarly, Google also said it will encrypt Android devices by default. Since then, the FBI and others have complained that Apple and Google will be basically helping bad guys get away with bad things thanks to encrypted devices. FROM EARLIER: The FBI ratchets up its scare campaign over smartphone encryption But, as Motherboard reports, Congress isn’t likely to order these companies to decrypt their phones for FBI or other governmental agencies. “To FBI Director Comey and the Admin on criticisms of legitimate businesses using encryption: you reap what you



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