DOJ accuses Apple of using privacy and security as a pretext

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DOJ accuses Apple of using privacy and security as a pretext
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The Department of Justice claims that Apple's privacy and security features are pretextual and justifying anti-competitive behavior. Apple warns that if the DOJ gets its way, its products will be less secure for users.

Of all the allegations that the Department of Justice has laid at Apple ’s door, the most contentious is perhaps its salvo over security and privacy. Apple has warned that if the DOJ gets its way, Apple products — especially the iPhone — will be less secure for users. Meanwhile, the DOJ claims that Apple ’s much-touted privacy features are pretextual.

The complaint in the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple says that the company “wraps itself in a cloak of privacy, security, and consumer preferences to justify its anti-competitive behavior.” In the press conference announcing the lawsuit, Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter said Apple’s choices have actually made its system “less private and less secur

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