Tech Giants Don't Want Obama To Give Police Access To Encrypted Phone Data

Tech Giants Don't Want Obama To Give Police Access To Encrypted Phone Data
US President Barack Obama addresses youth and law enforcement from the Camden community in Camden, New Jersey, on May 18, 2015. AFP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama addresses youth and law enforcement from the Camden community in Camden, New Jersey, on May 18, 2015. AFP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Tech behemoths including Apple and Google and leading cryptologists are urging President Obama to reject any government proposal that alters the security of smartphones and other communications devices so that law enforcement can view decrypted data.

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