Can Apple and Microsoft Give FBI “Golden Key” to Your Computers?

Can Apple and Microsoft Give FBI “Golden Key” to Your Computers?

Recent events and developments tend to prove right the decision of Apple not to grant backdoor access to the FBI so as to enable them access the privacy of users. At the US house judiciary hearing committee earlier this year, which involved the refusal of Apple to unlock the San Benardino suspect’s iPhone on behalf of FBI, several reasons were given by Apple to defend their stand even as the FBI also argued from their own security point of view why they should have access. Several months down the road, Microsoft seems to have inadvertently demonstrated what could be an intrinsic security....


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