Apple exec takes to op-ed page, argues against turning back the clock to ‘less-secure time’

Apple’s head of software engineering took to The Washington Post‘s op-ed page Sunday to reprise many of the arguments the company — and supporters — have made to contest a federal court order that would compel it to help the FBI break into a passcode-locked iPhone.

“The encryption technology built into today’s iPhone represents the best data security available to consumers,” asserted Craig Federighi, vice president of software engineering at Apple, in a piece published by the newspaper yesterday. But “the FBI, Justice Department and others in law enforcement are pressing us to turn back the clock to a less-secure time and less-secure technologies.”

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