Facebook, Google and WhatsApp plan to increase encryption of user data
by Danny Yadron in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#170YN)
Spurred on by Apple's battles against the FBI, some of tech's biggest names are to expand encryption of user data in their services, the Guardian can reveal
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Silicon Valley's leading companies - including Facebook, Google and Snapchat - are working on their own increased privacy technology as Apple fights the US government over encryption, the Guardian has learned.
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