Impregnable security: Law enforcement claims new models of Apple iPhones and phones based on Google's Android operating system often store data vital to investigations but, due to tight encryption standards, cannot be accessed even with a search warrant.
WASHINGTON: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr called for federal legislation requiring tech companies such as Google and Apple to design smartphone operating systems so law enforcement can unlock data stored on them.
He urged Congress to pass a law mandating that information stored on phones built or sold in the United States incorporate weaker encryption standards than currently used so data are accessible to investigators.
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