Reform Government Surveillance is a coalition of major tech companies that looks to guide legislation for how the government can surveil individuals and access their information. Apple joined RGS back in 2013 and the coalition has recently issued a statement as talks have begun again about US officials pushing for a mandate to make tech companies build backdoors into their devices and services.
Spotted by ZDNet, the new statement from the coalition reiterates the strong stance that Apple and others have shared consistently in recent years against creating backdoors to devices and services. This comes after the coalition detailed its new core principle on encryption last week.
Along with Apple, other RGS members include: Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, and more.
Just last month, Apple’s VP of software engineering, Craig Federighi spoke out and shared the Apple’s stance hasn’t changed.
Federighi went further to explain that these weaknesses would create many issues, particularly when looking at how they could impact businesses and infrastructure like power grids and transportation systems.
