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so it seems the Apple versus the FBI controversy could just be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to tech companies versus government Brazilian authorities are now attempting to retrieve information from whatsapp regarding drug trafficking in their country they suspect the incredibly popular worldwide messaging app is being used as a platform for communication among the criminals but since whatsapp's decryption tech works via a private and public key combination there's no way whatsapp can access the data in question it's actually physically impossible without the device that connects to the service of course this is much different when you compare the situation with what happened with Apple and the FBI Apple had the ability to create a backdoor which would have opened access to an iPhone we're here what saps hands are centrally tied whatsapp says the company has been cooperating with Brazilian law enforcement but can't provide the full extent of what they're looking for