[New post] Google’s Hiroshi Lockheimer vaguely sides with Apple in FBI encryption battle

Chance Miller posted: " Following Google CEO Sundar Pichai's vague series of tweets yesterday, Hiroshi Lockheimer, senior vice president of Android, Chrome OS and Chromecast, has come out and offered his own opinion on Apple's battle with the government on national security " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Google’s Hiroshi Lockheimer vaguely sides with Apple in FBI encryption battle by Chance Miller Following Google CEO Sundar Pichai's vague series of tweets yesterday, Hiroshi Lockheimer, senior vice president of Android, Chrome OS and Chromecast, has come out and offered his own opinion on Apple's battle with the government on national security versus user privacy. Earlier this week, a U.S. judge ruled that Apple must help the FBI obtain data from a passcode-locked iPhone 5c used by one of the gunmen in the fatal San Bernardino shooting. Apple CEO Tim Cook then responded by posting an open letter on Apple's homepage saying that Apple would not comply with the court's request. Although Lockheimer's responses are just as vague as Pichai's, he does seem to agree with Cook and Apple... Read more of this post Chance Miller | February 18, 2016 at 7:23 pm | Tags: Android, Apple, encryption, hiroshi lockheimer, IPhone | Categories: Android | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-ywb Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2016/02/18/googles-hiroshi-lockheimer-vaguely-sides-with-apple-in-fbi-encryption-battle/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com