The world's largest technology companies have a message for U.S. President Obama: don't mess with smartphones.

Two technology organizations representing Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter and other notable businesses sent a letter to Obama on Tuesday urging his administration not to pursue any policies that would weaken existing encryption measures for fear of undermining the security of users.

"We are opposed to any policy actions or measures that would undermine encryption as an available and effective tool," the Information Technology Industry Council and the Software & Information Industry Association wrote in the joint letter.

"Doing so would compromise the security of ICT [information and communications technology] products and services, rendering them more vulnerable to attacks and would erode consumers’ trust in the products and services they rely on for protecting their information."

In recent months, Obama has suggested that there may be a need for a workaround to strong encryption on personal devices in certain instances when law enforcement may need access to smartphones or applications to investigate suspected terrorists......... Continue.

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Ehen,,, so, Mr. Obama have not seen no new leader or nation to bully, it is now smart phones encryptions that is the latest for him now?

So the current NSA spy program is not enough, eh?

end time warnings

Another issue.

wait, source?