(A national security letter is a secret order that may contain a “nondisclosure” requirement, preventing the person who received the national security letter from ever talking about it for the rest of their life under threat of criminal prosecution.) If Apple or Google received a warrant - or some sort of secret “national security letter” - they wouldn’t be able to decrypt the files even if they wanted to. Because of the way encryption works, only a person who knows the key can decrypt it and access the unencrypted files. Previously, this was just an option most users wouldn’t enable. The latest versions of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android automatically encrypt a smartphone or tablet’s storage by default. ![]() FBI directory James Comey has said Apple and Google are creating “a black hole for law enforcement.” Encryption “threatens to lead us all to a very dark place,” according to the FBI.
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