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

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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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