The White House Backs Down On Phone Encryption

The White House is backing away from legislation that would allow agencies access to encrypted information—officially, at least.

The decision comes after a year after encryption introduced on iPhones and some Android phones sparked a debate between law enforcement and tech companies over access to phone data. With iOS 8, most data stored on the phone and communications over services like iMessage were encrypted in a way that only users could access it — not even Apple could.

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