Tech giants Obama says: Keep enforcement of our data
Top Silicon Valley high-tech companies, including Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter, have signed an open letter Tuesday to President Obama - urging him to give the government a proposal that would give law enforcement access to encrypted data of its users.
Strongly articulated four page letter was signed by 75 companies and experts in the field of cybersecurity.
To give law enforcement access to data users not only to discredit the products referred to in the letter, but leave them more vulnerable to attacks.
"We ask that the White House instead focus on developing policies that promote, rather than undermine the broad adoption of strong encryption technologies," the letter said. "This policy, in turn, help to promote and protect cyber security, economic growth and human rights, both here and broad."
The company also asked Obama rejects any proposal to make "back door" in their operating systems, citing a December 2013 report form Study Group president for exploration and communication technologies, which requires high encryption.
This open letter follows the efforts of several major technology companies to make user data more secure. Last year, Apple announced that iOS encryption 8 will be enabled by default. Google's Android candy, meanwhile, also offers encryption, but users must choose to.
Law enforcement, meanwhile, took a different approach. At a press conference last September, FBI Director James B. Roots criticized Apple and Google, to make encryption smartphone too hard for officials to access, not understanding why companies market something specifically to allow people to stand outside the law. "
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