--- description: "Weakening security with the aim of advancing security simply does not make sense" title: Tech Industry Coalition Defies Calls for Weakened Encryption image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6faac33ec511363/6988721a524fc0af4adf5958/gettyimages-478186613.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tech Industry Coalition Defies Calls for Weakened Encryption by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2015 2:40 AM CUT  Secure website Secure websiteKTSDESIGN—Science Photo Library RF/Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2015 2:40 AM CUT A coalition of dozens of the largest tech companies in the world is adamantly opposing any form of an official “backdoor” into encrypted devices. The [Information Technology Industry Council](http://www.itic.org/ "undefined") is a group of more than 60 major tech companies and organizations, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel and Facebook. “We deeply appreciate law enforcement’s and the national security community’s work to protect us,” the council said in a statement issued Thursday, “but weakening encryption or creating backdoors to encrypted devices and data for use by the good guys would actually create vulnerabilities to be exploited by the bad guys, which… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News…_](http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/tech-industry-coalition-defies-calls-weakened-encryption-n466616?cid=par-time-tech%5F20151120 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4121611/tech-industry-coalition-encryption/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4121611/tech-industry-coalition-encryption/"},"headline":"Tech Industry Coalition Defies Calls for Weakened Encryption","datePublished":"2015-11-20T02:40:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:59.757Z","description":"\"Weakening security with the aim of advancing security simply does not make sense\"","url":"https://time.com/4121611/tech-industry-coalition-encryption/","keywords":["Tech","Security"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6faac33ec511363/6988721a524fc0af4adf5958/gettyimages-478186613.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6faac33ec511363/6988721a524fc0af4adf5958/gettyimages-478186613.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Secure website","caption":"Secure website","creditText":"KTSDESIGN—Science Photo Library RF/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4121611/tech-industry-coalition-encryption/","name":"Tech Industry Coalition Defies Calls for Weakened Encryption"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Explains: The Deep Web","description":"The FBI takedown of the online market Silk Road reveals the challenges of regulating the Deep Web. Here's what you need to know.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/DQbujPQY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-10-31T00:08:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/DQbujPQY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4121611/tech-industry-coalition-encryption/","duration":"PT2M19S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4121611/tech-industry-coalition-encryption/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```