Apple's fight with U.S. could speed development of government-proof devices

By Joseph Menn and Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The legal showdown between Apple Inc and U.S. law enforcement over encryption, no matter the outcome, will likely accelerate tech company efforts to engineer safeguards against government intrusion, tech industry executives say. An Apple executive said the company will strengthen its encryption if it wins its court battle with the federal government, which last week secured a court order requiring Apple engineers to help extract data from a