Google's Sundar Pichai weighs in on FBI encryption issue, sides with Apple's Tim Cook

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai took to Twitter to raise his concerns over the FBI's attempt to gain access to an iPhone backdoor which could expose user information. Pichai seems to agree with Apple CEO Tim Cook who today released a strongly worded public letter in response to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's desire to be able to access the contents of people's iPhones in investigations.

"The government is asking Apple to hack our own users and undermine decades of security advancements that protect our customers — including tens of millions of American citizens," Cook declared in his open letter.

Pichai weighed in with a series of tweets, "Important post by @tim_cook. Forcing companies to enable hacking could compromise users’ privacy." Like Cook, Pichai is worried that, this action could set a dangerous precedent and encroach on user's right to privacy. This issue will continue to be a hot topic among technologists and there's likely more discussion to come regarding the matter.

Source: 9to5Google and Twitter