DOJ Caught in a Lie: How The Biden Administration Helped the UK Undermine Encryption

By the time the Justice Department assured Congress that everything was peachy between the US and the UK on digital privacy, officials already knew that British authorities were sharpening their knives for Apple’s encryption. It was a classic case of “nothing to see here” while the building was very much on fire.

Sources—who wisely opted for anonymity, probably to avoid being crushed under a bureaucratic steamroller—confirm that the DOJ was well aware that the Brits were gearing up to demand Apple compromise its own encryption.