Apple encryption case risks influencing Russia and China, privacy experts say
by Spencer Ackerman from Technology | The Guardian on (#148ZF)
Analysts and lawmakers warn FBI that ramifications over its demand that Apple unlock San Bernardino killer's iPhone 'could snowball around the world'
Authoritarian governments including Russia and China will demand greater access to mobile data should Apple lose a watershed encryption case brought by the FBI, leading technology analysts, privacy experts and legislators have warned.
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