New York prosecutor seeks U.S. law to weaken smartphone encryption

By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. on Wednesday called for federal legislation requiring tech companies such as Google and Apple to design smartphone operating systems so law enforcement can unlock data stored on them. Silicon Valley companies have moved to make strong encryption the default setting on their devices. Vance in a white paper criticized that trend, highlighting in particular encryption-favoring decisions by Apple and Google last year t