'Weakening security to advance security doesn't make sense' - Tech industry body warns on encryption backdoors
ITI CEO Dean Garfield argues that creating backdoors would help criminals
A leading technology group which represents Apple, Google, Microsoft and other big players in the industry has spoken out against calls to weaken encryption in the name of national security. The comments...
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