The Justice Department is in a standoff with Facebook's WhatsApp over encryption. The authorities have obtained a wiretap order for a WhatsApp account, but can't read the messages due to the
company's encryption technology. Some investigators want the Justice Department to seek a court order demanding that WhatsApp help access the information, but others don't want to escalate the
dispute, according to The New York Times.
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