03.03.2016 - 17:48 [ Techdirt ]

Surprise: Pro-Surveillance WSJ Editorial Board Sides With Apple Over FBI

Well here‘s a surprise. The Wall Street Journal Editorial board, which is notoriously pro-surveillance, has come out with an editorial that argues that Apple is right on encryption and should resist the FBI‘s demands. I was not expecting that. This is the same WSJ that fought hard against amending the PATRIOT Act, which it insisted was necessary for surveillance.