Cybersecurity
Apple, Google Urged to Crack Encrypted Phones in Terror Probes
- FBI, N.Y. prosecutor look to stop suspects from `going dark'
- Proposal seeks only `data at rest' and requires search warrant
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Apple Inc. and Google Inc. face renewed calls to create a workaround for smartphone encryption in the wake of the Paris attacks as Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. proposed a compromise that seeks to mollify privacy advocates.
Vance and FBI Director James Comey echoed recent comments by CIA and Justice Department officials who cite the need for access to stay a step ahead of terrorists who may use encryption to hide planned attacks. Underlining their point, French authorities said predawn raids in a Paris suburb were triggered by information gleaned from a discarded mobile phone.