VideoWASHINGTON — Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, said on Thursday that the anti-secrecy organization would work with Apple, Google and other technology companies to fix flaws that have allowed the C.I.A. Speaking from London in an online news conference, Mr. Assange accused the C.I.A. documents made public by WikiLeaks on Tuesday, Mr. Assange said, others say they need more technical information on the hacking techniques. “There’s a limited ability to try and produce security fixes for iPhones, for Samsung TVs, for Android phones produced by Google, for Microsoft, for Linux, because the exact technical details are not known,” Mr. Assange said. But on Thursday, the Australian-born Mr. Assange presented himself as a defender of some of the most prominent American technology companies against their own government’s overreaching and double-dealing.

Source: New York Times March 09, 2017 17:52 UTC