The U.K. government is pushing for backdoor access to encrypted messaging apps after it emerged the killer in last week's attack in London used WhatsApp just minutes before striking. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said WhatsApp -- owned by Facebook (FB, Tech30) -- and other services cannot provide "a secret place for terrorists to communicate with each other." "But on this situation we need to make sure that our intelligence services have the ability to get into situations like encrypted WhatsApp." That would allow anyone -- not just security services -- the chance to snoop on messages, he said. The U.K. demands come just a year after a bitter public fight between the FBI and Apple (AAPL, Tech30) over encryption.

Source: CNN March 27, 2017 11:15 UTC