Apple chief Tim Cook says UK surveillance bill will have ‘dire’ consequences

New surveillance powers given to internet companies as part of the government’s Investigatory Powers Bill could have “very dire consequences,” the chief executive of tech giant Apple has warned.

Tim Cook told the Telegraph the new legal obligation for companies to help security services bypass encryption would hurt “the good people,” rather than stopping those with nefarious intentions.

He added that communications companies need to have secure encryption services to protect their customers.

“You can just look around and see all the data breaches that are going on. These things are becoming more frequent,” Cook told the paper.

The new surveillance bill, unveiled last Wednesday by Home Secretary Theresa May, allows police and security services to hack into computers and phones in order access communications metadata .... https://www.rt.com