While DOJ lawyers are far from through taking on Apple and its refusal to comply with a court order, the government's legal team is rumored to have another target in sight. The New York Times yesterday said that the Justice Department is having trouble executing a wiretap being conducted through WhatsApp because of the messaging app's encryption.
The newspaper says that last week, Justice Department officials discussed what to do in the case that a judge-approved wiretap could not provide any information because of WhatsApp's encryption. Unlike the situation with Apple, which came about because of an act of terrorism,