Feds only have themselves to blame for Apple and Google’s smartphone encryption efforts

By iftttpYoHns6
Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
Feds only have themselves to blame for Apple and Google’s smartphone encryption efforts
NEW YORK — For the past two weeks, federal agencies and the executive branch have launched a cacophony of critique of Apple and Google for bolstering the encryption on their users’ smartphones.

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