Google and Apple don’t always see eye-to-eye, but in the matter of encryption, they’re total allies.

Today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai today tweeted words of support to Apple in the aftermath of Tim Cook’s open letter, explaining why Apple was defying a federal order to provide backdoor access to a terrorism suspect’s iPhone 5c.

“Forcing companies to enable hacking could compromise users’ privacy,” Pichai tweeted, referring to Cook’s post as “important” and saying he looked forward to a “thoughtful and open discussion” about encryption in the aftermath of Tim Cook’s letter. He also called the order to open the back door “troubling.”

1/5 Important post by @tim_cook. Forcing companies to enable hacking could compromise users’ privacy

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) February 17, 2016

2/5 We know that law enforcement and intelligence agencies face significant challenges in protecting the public against crime and terrorism

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) February 17, 2016

3/5 We build secure products to keep your information safe and we give law enforcement access to data based on valid legal orders

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) February 17, 2016

4/5 But that’s wholly different than requiring companies to enable hacking of customer devices & data. Could be a troubling precedent

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) February 17, 2016

5/5 Looking forward to a thoughtful and open discussion on this important issue

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) February 17, 2016

Something tells me we’ll soon see other Silicon Valley companies taking a stand, either for or against Apple. The lines are being drawn, and at the end of the day, we’ll know which companies actually support user privacy… and which just pretend to.

Source: Twitter

Via: Engadget