Facebook, Google encryption between giants expanding technology in the wake of the battle Apple

WhatsApp is said to be the next to undergo an examination in the ongoing war against the Department of Justice using encryption of the high-tech industry.

Because WhatsApp is said to be next in the firing line of half of the Justice Ministry of the eruption of a battle on encryption, other technology giants are quietly pushing to further secure their products.

Facebook, Google and Snapchat reportedly will press to add encryption to their services in an apparent game against the government, which in recent weeks has led a total attack against Apple in an effort to force the company to the back door iPhone terrorist effective manner.


Google is "exploring other uses for the technology" behind an encrypted e-mail project, he says he has long been in the works.

Snapchat, the image sharing application expires, it also works on a secure messaging system through its platform.

And WhatsApp, property of Facebook, will in the coming weeks encryption end to end support of their voice calls, a move likely to irritate the prosecutors who are currently seeking a wiretap warrant encrypted messages.

For Facebook, it's more personal. Last week, the director for Latin America of the company was briefly imprisoned for not complying with an order concerning a criminal investigation in Brazil. The social network has argued that "it can not provide information do not have."

It is the latest twist in the battle between the giants of encryption technology and the federal government after the Department of Justice filed a complaint against Apple to force it to help its agents broke into the iPhone a terrorist San Bernardino.

Apple refused to help "back door" of the federal government of your own product, with the argument that you can not decipher the information, and filed a formal appeal.

The iPhone maker has received great support from other technology companies, but this is the first time that companies in Silicon Valley reports suggested support their words with actions.

The Department of Justice has hinted that it may require more than the encrypted content, such as code and the iPhone key source signature - which critics argue would give the government the possibility of creating a "ghost" software that imitate apple makes legitimate day.


There is a fear that can lead some companies out of the reach of the US government's hands.

Given the bleak legal landscape in the United States, some companies more agile, smaller can take a book out of the sheet of Silent Circle, which celebrates moved to Switzerland in part to avoid the prying eyes of the US government.

But the technology giants with a US base have no choice but to comply with government requirements requesting access to customer data, or radically rethink their approach to product safety.