Why the US government is questioning WhatsApp’s encryption

Why the US government is questioning WhatsApp’s encryption

The iPhone's encryption methods were so secure, according to Apple, that Apple itself couldn't access the data on the phone.. The U.S. government wanted Apple to purposefully weaken the encryption of its iPhones, putting a "backdoor" in the iOS framework that would allow the FBI to access the contents of iPhones everywhere.. The discussions with Apple in particular have brought privacy activists and law enforcement head to head, fighting over who can utilize the privacy provided by encryption and what they can use that encryption for.. Al Shafei says that, if encryption were to be forcibly weakened, she would have to shut down the platform.. Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes..