Facebook executives told AG Barr that the company doesn’t plan to weaken encryption across its messaging products despite his requests that it do so on the premise that it could reduce public safety.
executives told Attorney General William Barr that the company doesn’t plan to weaken encryption across its messaging products despite his requests that it do so on the premise that it could reduce public safety.that urged Facebook to postpone its plans for end-to-end encryption across its three messaging services, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. Barr, U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel, then-acting U.S.
“It is simply impossible to create such a backdoor for one purpose and not expect others to try and open it,” Facebook said in the letter. “People’s private messages would be less secure and the real winners would be anyone seeking to take advantage of that weakened security. That is not something we are prepared to do.”
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