Cybersecurity
Apple, Facebook Clash With Senators Over Encryption, Backdoors
- Companies say others could abuse access for law enforcement
- ‘If you all don’t, we will,’ Graham says of providing access
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Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. clashed again with Washington over law enforcement access to encrypted data.
In a Senate hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pushed the companies to let the police and other authorities access personal data that lies behind encryption on devices and technology platforms. Senators threatened to legislate if the private sector doesn’t offer solutions on its own.