Microsoft CEO says encryption backdoors are a ‘terrible idea’

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge As Apple squares off for another encryption fight, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered mixed messages on the encryption question. In a Monday meeting with reporters in New York, Nadella reiterated the company’s opposition to encryption backdoors, but expressed tentative support for legal and technical solutions in the future.
“I do think backdoors are a terrible idea, that is not the way to go about this,” Nadella said. “We’ve alwa