Verizon supports 'strong encryption with no backdoors': CEO

By Malathi Nayak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc supports "the availability of strong encryption with no backdoors," Chief Executive Lowell McAdam said on Wednesday, weighing in the showdown between Apple Inc and U.S. authorities over mobile device encryption. "The case with Apple presents unique issues that should be addressed by Congress, not on an ad hoc basis," McAdam told Reuters in a statement. A federal judge last week ordered Apple to create new software and take other st