FBI appreciated the actions of Apple on the introduction of end -to -end encryption in the cloud service of iCloud. This was reported by the newspaper the Washington Post .
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The FBI expressed concern about the threat of through encryption for citizens’ safety. “The initiative impedes our work on protecting the American people from criminal acts, ranging from cyber attacks and violence against children to illegal drug trafficking, organized crime and terrorism,” the department said.
Bureau representatives emphasized that law enforcement agencies must have intentional legal access to electronic devices.
“It is pleasant to see that companies give the priority of security, but we must remember that there are compromises, and one of them, which is often not taken into account, is the influence that it [security] has on access to digital evidence. Big question: who is solving this compromise? He is still in the hands of Apple, ”Sasha O’Konnel quotes, executive director of the American University, former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigations nytimes .