A US federal judge ordered Apple to help the FBI to unlock the iPhone used by one of the authors of the shooting that last December killed 14 people in San Bernardino (California). The company has responded and says he will not comply with the order because it would create a “back door”, calling into question your customers’ data security.
This order rekindles debate about the balance between national security and the privacy of consumers.
the magistrate Sheri Pym did not order directly from Apple to disable encryption iPhone 5C Syed Farook, but demanded that the company alter settings phone Farook, to allow an unlimited number of attempts to find the password – Apple’s devices are set to wipe data after ten failed attempts
on. Furthermore, the judge also ordered Apple to help the FBI to create a way to quickly find the password Farook, without the need to manually enter each of the possible combinations – according to the BBC, it is assumed that the phone had a four-digit code, which means that there will be ten thousand possible combinations.
at this court order, Apple responded with a position of strength. In a statement signed by Tim Cook, CEO, Apple refuses to comply with the court order.
“The Government suggests that this tool could be used only once in this phone. But this is simply not true. Once created, the technique could be used again and again in any number of devices, “said Tim Cook, noting that Apple is not willing to create a” back door “access to the iPhone,” it would be too dangerous “.
” Specifically, the FBI wants us to do a new version of the operating system of the iPhone, bypassing several important security specifications, and that’s install an iPhone recovered during an investigation. In the wrong hands, this software – that does not exist today – have the potential to unlock any iPhone, “says Tim Cook
The iPhone Syed Farook was found in the vehicle where. this American and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, fled before being killed by police.
in this attack in December killed 14 people, while the police to investigate links of the attackers to the self-proclaimed Islamic State.
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