{"id":10630,"date":"2015-08-02T07:25:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T12:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=10630"},"modified":"2015-08-02T07:25:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T12:25:57","slug":"exclusive-edward-snowden-explains-why-apple-should-continue-to-fight-the-government-on-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=10630","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Edward Snowden Explains Why Apple Should Continue To Fight the Government on Encryption"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXCLUSIVE: Edward Snowden Explains Why Apple Should Continue To Fight the Government on Encryption<\/a><\/h3>\n

As the Obama administration\u00a0campaign<\/a>\u00a0to stop the commercialization of strong encryption\u00a0heats up<\/a>, National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden is firing back on behalf of the companies like Apple and Google that are finding themselves under attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cTechnologists and companies working to protect ordinary citizens should be applauded, not sued or prosecuted,\u201d Snowden wrote in an email through his lawyer.<\/p>\n

Snowden was asked by\u00a0The Intercept<\/em>\u00a0to respond to the\u00a0contentious suggestion<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0made Thursday on a\u00a0blog<\/a>\u00a0that frequently promotes the interests of the national security establishment \u2014 that companies like Apple and Google might in certain cases be found\u00a0legally\u00a0liable for providing material aid to a terrorist organization because they provide encryption services to their users.<\/p>\n

In his email, Snowden explained how law enforcement\u00a0officials who are demanding that U.S. companies build some sort of window into unbreakable end-to-end encryption \u2014 he calls that an \u201cinsecurity mandate\u201d \u2014 haven\u2019t thought things through.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe central problem with insecurity mandates has never been addressed by its proponents: if one government can demand access to private communications, all governments can,\u201d Snowden wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter how good the reason, if the U.S. sets the precedent that Apple has to compromise the security of a customer in response to a piece of government paper, what can they do when the government is China and the customer is the Dalai Lama?\u201d<\/p>\n

Weakened encryption would only drive people away from the American technology industry, Snowden wrote. \u201cPutting the most important driver of our economy in a position where they have to deal with the devil or lose access to international markets is public policy that makes us less competitive and less safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snowden\u00a0entrusted<\/a>\u00a0his archive of secret documents revealing the NSA\u2019s massive warrantless spying programs all over the world to journalists in 2013. Two of those journalists \u2014 Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras \u2014 are founding editors of\u00a0The<\/em>\u00a0Intercept.<\/em><\/p>\n

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