Google supports Apple in the battle for the encryption

It is a defining moment in the field of cryptography and computer security. The innovations that are happening in the United States on data collection have potentially the strength to change the approach to the problem addressed in the rest of the world. On the one hand the police, requiring backdoor to penetrate the defenses of the individual devices, the other the various companies, which seem united strongly to avoid that this can happen to cheat customers and end consumers.

The open letter to Tim Cook thundered in recent hours, with Apple that has expressed a more than firm position on the matter. The Cupertino giant multinational has joined Mozilla with a specific initiative, and now Google. CEO Sundar Pichai has taken the field on Twitter with a series of posts on the subject in which he describes as "important" the Cook perspective. Google CEO also oversees the decisions of Android, an operating system - like iOS - provides default encryption users.

"We produce reliable systems to keep your information safe and give law enforcement agencies access to data basing on valid legal orders," he said Pichai wrote. "But this is totally different to ask companies to make a real hack on users' devices and their data." The point of view of Pichai, then Google, is substantially the same as that of Apple: "By forcing companies to make a hack can compromise user privacy," he reiterated.

In short, Cook was able to launch an important debate which of course will have a considerable following in the coming days and where we are gradually adding all the top names scope political and technological. Pichai also hopes that the letter can be born a discussion "deep and open" on the important issues. It is only a matter of time before the other giants take the floor facing the delicate question, among which we expect to hear the voice of Mark Zuckerberg and Satya Nadella.