Samsung Echoes Apple's Arguments on Importance of User Privacy
- The world's largest smartphone vendor also opposes backdoors
- It hasn't decided on whether to file a supporting amicus brief
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Samsung Electronics Co. called customer privacy “extremely important” and said any requirement to build backdoors into its devices would undermine trust, as it weighs in on Apple Inc.’s escalating battle against the U.S. government.
The world’s largest smartphone vendor echoed many of its arch-rival’s arguments but said it hadn’t decided if it will file a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the iPhone maker.