Secure Phone App Subpoenaed by Government

The outlines of a major battle over online privacy is starting to take shape. Open Whisper Systems, which produces an end-to-end encryption software for a messaging services app called Signal, was subpoenaed by the U.S. government earlier this year to provide information on two phone numbers associated with a grand jury investigation in Virginia. According to The New York Times, a part of the subpoena was to order OWS not to reveal the information request for a year. Many tech...

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