During the hearing today, which was entitled “Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives,” Apple’s General Counsel Bruce Sewell continued to defend the need for strong user encryption. He also clarified, however, that Apple has refused requests from China for source code.
Can we compromise and make it open source?
More seriously, this is more evidence that Apple is taking the moral high road (never mind the functional high ground) instead of seeking publicity.