FBI informed Apple Inc of a vulnerability in its iPhone and iMac software on April 14. However, FBI will not tell Apple how it extracted data from the iPhone 5c belonging to terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook.
Silicon Valley giants continue to support Apple. After the tech giant said that the encryption bill is unworkable, other companies echoed Apple's statements.
Uber's transparency report indicated that the company gave information of its users and drivers to law enforcement agencies and regulators in aid of investigations. Users, however, raised concerns over their privacy and security.
The White House has declined to support a newly proposed bill that will give federal courts authority to order tech companies to assist law enforcement agencies by cracking encrypted data.
