WhatsApp is backing Apple in its legal fight with the U.K. Home Office over demands to compel the company to compromise its encryption for national security purposes, the BBC reports. Head of WhatsApp Will Cathcart told the network the Home Office’s request “could set a dangerous precedent” that governments can demand private companies break encryption. Editor’s note: IAPP News Editor Joe Duball reported on a U.S. House subcommittee hearing covering lawmakers’ concerns over the Apple case.
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