Leaders of major tech companies met with US president Joe Biden at the White House yesterday to discuss cybersecurity threats and pledged to invest in the sector.
If the FBI was indeed able to extract data or unlock an iPhone 11 Pro Max using the tool, it casts serious doubt over calls from the Bureau and the US government to create a backdoor to encryption.
The law would impose an obligation on technology companies to be able to provide Australian security agencies with access to encrypted user communications.