Meta’s (META) WhatsApp plans to support Apple’s (AAPL) legal case against the U.K. Home Office over an encryption backdoor, BBC’s Zoe Kleinman reports. WhatsApp’s boss, Will Cathcart, says the case “could set a dangerous precedent” by “emboldening other nations” to seek to break encryption. Cathcart says WhatsApp has applied to submit evidence to the court, which is hearing Apple’s bid to have the Home Office request overturned.
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