Deputy Attorney General Suggests Apple S Strong Privacy Position Defeats Legitimate Law Enforcement
At a Georgetown Law and Department of Justice cybercrime conference today, Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, made a strong statement that suggests Apple has a mission to “defeat legitimate law enforcement” efforts. The statement came as Rosenstein was discussing the risks of new technology via Politico’s Eric Gellar. While the Deputy Attorney General didn’t name Apple specifically, it’s quite clear that’s the company he is referring to. Apple refused to build a backdoor into its software with the San Bernardino case, and CEO Tim Cook and the company hasn’t changed their stance on privacy and encryption since then....