United Kingdom Home Secretary Amber Rudd claimed \"real people\" do not considersecurity to be a selling point when picking smartphonechat applications. <\/p>\n
\"Who uses WhatsApp because it is end-to-end encrypted, rather than because it is an incredibly user-friendly and cheap way to keep in touch with friends and family?\" Rudd wrote in an editorialabout encryptionin the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Rudd, like leaders in Germany and France, as well as some politicians in America, is concerned about \"end-to-end\" encryption encryption that cannot be broken while data is in transit because there is no way for law enforcement to intercept such communications, even with a warrant. <\/p>\n
In the editorial, she said she had traveled to Silicon Valley to discuss the issue with tech firms. <\/p>\n
Many of the top chat apps on the market incorporate end-to-end encryption. An Amnesty International report of 16 globally popular chat apps found that more than half used or permitted end-to-end encryption, including Telegram, Apple Chat, Facebook Messenger, Viber and Line. <\/p>\n
Over the weekend, Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) accused European nations ofunfairly criticizing the United States forbeing weak on privacy while European Unionmemberspursued their own policies to limit encryption. <\/p>\n
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