Attorney General William Barr on Monday increased the pressure on Apple to help investigators access the locked cellphones of the deceased shooter in the Pensacola, Fla., naval base attack.
“It is very important to know with whom and about what the shooter was communicating before he died,” Barr said. “We call on Apple and other technology companies to help us find a solution so that we can better protect the lives of Americans and prevent future attacks.” But Silicon Valley, mindful of privacy and security concerns sparked by NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s surveillance disclosures, has refused to take that step. Tech companies and cybersecurity experts argue that doing so would weaken the encryption protecting consumers and critical infrastructure from criminals and terrorists.
The administration has not asked Congress to pass legislation mandating changes to encryption, but tech companies faced bipartisan backlash at a Senate hearing in December.
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