People use their smartphones to access and store their most sensitive personal data. App companies go to great lengths to protect this information and provide a safe user environment.
When government intercepts mobile app data, it undermines the trust our industry needs to succeed. Every time reports surface about government intrusion in the mobile lives of our citizens, it impacts consumer confidence.
The app industry does not participate in this surveillance. We devise best practices to protect our consumers from online threats. If those include the British and American governments, we will pursue additional means to deny that threat as well.
Government surveillance cannot persist unabated. If it does, we risk losing all the customers whose trust we have worked so hard to earn.