Snowden urges Apple to continue the good fight

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is back in the news going after the Obama administration. This time, he’s soliciting help from one of the most powerful companies in the world: tech giant Apple.

Snowden spoke through an email via his lawyer that defended Apple and other tech companies for their fight against government spying and technological oppression. A refuge abroad, he reached out to The Intercept to give some of the details:

In his email, Snowden explained how law enforcement officials who are demanding that U.S. companies build some sort of window into unbreakable end-to-end encryption — he calls that an “insecurity mandate” — haven’t thought things through.

Read more on The Intercept.