In a battle over consumer privacy rights, America’s most valuable company, Apple, is going to court against its own government. The government is using an obscure law to force Apple to comply with their request for access to user data. This is just one instance in a long-standing conflict between government officials, cybersecurity experts, and the tech industry regarding the protection of consumer data. The government has previously won this fight in secret, but cybersecurity experts argue that backdoors for law enforcement agencies would undermine encryption and be exploited by criminals. Despite these concerns, the NSA has a history of attempting and occasionally succeeding in placing backdoors for covert activities. The Enigma machine, used during World War II, and the Dual_EC_DRBG algorithm are examples of backdoors that have been discovered. Crypto experts and some governments are advocating for truly secure encryption, but the debate is ongoing.
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