NYTimes: Obama Won’t Seek Access to Encrypted User Data

NYTimes: Obama Won’t Seek Access to Encrypted User Data by Nicole Perlroth and David E. Sanger:

The Obama administration has backed down in its bitter dispute with Silicon Valley over the encryption of data on iPhones and other digital devices, concluding that it is not possible to give American law enforcement and intelligence agencies access to that information without also creating an opening that China, Russia, cybercriminals and terrorists could exploit.