More than 43,000 people have signed a petition against proposed U.S. legislation that would require tech companies to break into encrypted data. The proposal, from Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, was released last week. The two senior members of the Senate Intelligence Committee have worked on the proposal as the FBI and Apple have sparred in court over the company’s refusal to help unlock a terrorism suspect’s iPhone. Several digital rights groups have criticized the proposal, including the New America Foundation. The bill would “undermine Americans privacy, force companies to weaken the security of their products and services,” CREDO Action says.”]

