The tug of war between the FBI and Apple come to an end. The company did not give, but the American police say they have managed to unlock access to the phone thanks to a security specialist company.
The US federal police (FBI, its acronym in English) managed unlock iPhone used by one of San Bernardino attackers, said the Justice Department, ending a judicial conflictual process with Apple.
“our decision to end the litigation (the company) was due exclusively with the recent assistance of a third party, to be now able to unlock this iPhone without compromising any information on the phone, “he said attorney Eileen Decker said in a statement.
with this access to the device by the FBI , the Justice Department no longer needs Apple’s help to unlock the device, which does not want to give.
the news was known after last week have been suspended a hearing in the California court where should attend Apple and the US government, after the federal authorities have requested the suspension to test a method of possible access to the iPhone.
on December 2, Syed Farook, with his wife, killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California.
the boss of Apple justified the collaboration of refusal to the government with the imperative of personal customer data protection.
“We did not expect to be in this position (…), but we estimate that we have an obligation to protect your data and your privacy, “said Tim Cook, on the sidelines of the presentation of new products in California the group’s headquarters in Cupertino.
“it’s a subject that affects us all, and not turn back before our responsibilities,” he promised, if confessing “recognized” by all the messages of support received from around the country.
the group resorted to the courts to challenge the claim of the authorities, considering the dangerous situation for your customers’ data security.
the issue has polarized opinions. The former analyst of the US National Security Agency (NSA, its acronym in English) Edward Snowden and Google’s managing director, Sundar Pichai, are on the side of Apple, while the co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates expressed his support FBI. Already a UN official for human rights, Zeid Ra ‘ad Al Hussein, was placed next to Apple to once argued, the intention of the FBI to compel Apple to unlock an iPhone can create a precedent with serious repercussions global human rights
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