The Web Data War Is On

... iPhones in France, as well as the controversy over the “bulletproof security” of the Telegram messenger – all of this looks more like pointless fanning of the conflict than searching for a viable solution to this problem. Obviously Apple is not going to ditch data encryption on its smartphones, nor will WhatsApp change its underlying structure. No government has succeeded in finding a goldilocks middle ground so far. That’s why all future American digital data legislation will become a yardstick not ...