Rep. Darrell Issa Reacts to Apple Decision to Safeguard Encryption on iPhones

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In response to the growing controversy over Apple's decision to safeguard its encryption technology, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-California), member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement:

"Allowing the government to mandate that Apple undermine its encryption technology to create a backdoor for government agents is unlawful, unwise and unsafe. Companies should comply with warrants to the fullest extent they are able, but mandating that companies completely reengineer their own software to create hacking tools against their will would set a dangerous precedent for our future."

"It's crucial for Americans to view the larger implications of this case beyond that of a single phone; it's about whether or not government should have the ability to access the devices we all use every day to store personal and private information. No company should be forced to intentionally weaken their own products at the bidding of a government agent. Apple has cooperated with requests from law enforcement using the information that they have access to. Going any further would do real harm to Americans' right to privacy and would almost certainly undermine the freedoms that our government should be working to protec

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