Apple Pushes Against British Talk of Softening Encryption - The New York Times

Taking a stand for personal privacy and security

"“The best minds in the world cannot rewrite the laws of mathematics,” the company told the British Parliament, submitting formal comments on a proposed law that would require the company to supply a way to break into the iChat and FaceTime conversations of iPhone users.

“We believe it would be wrong to weaken security for hundreds of millions of law-abiding customers so that it will also be weaker for the very few who pose a threat,” Apple wrote."

Apple Pushes Against British Talk of Softening Encryption - The New York Times