Apple Tim Cook says there will be backdoors in encryption – We Live Security (blog)

CEO Tim Cook

Apple continues to be committed to the encryption end to end on their computers, confirmed in a recent interview with the Irish Independent. The idea of ​​introducing access through a backdoor, which undermine the nature of encryption will remain off the agenda of the company, as revealed.

Cook, who relieved Steve Jobs in August 2011, was unequivocal in Apple’s position on the matter, explaining that the company has never allowed access to their servers or will. He remains optimistic that attempts to legislate and override the encryption will fail because it is not a viable option or is in the public interest and, interestingly, goes against what certain governments want.

“We place iMessage from end to end and we have no intention of changing backdoor that”

“The UK government [for example] has been publicly clear about not to weaken the encryption, “Cook told the online medium. “So I take your word that you will not. And right now, as you know, we encrypt iMessage from end to end and we have no backdoor. And we have no intention to change that, “he said.

Any change to this mode, he said, would defeat the point of view of the UK government. Chances are that the debate over encryption continue for a long time, since any decision made in favor of his supporters or detractors will, for now, unsatisfactory to the side that leads to lose.

Consider a recent study ArtMotion, which gathers the opinions of thousand IT decision makers from Britain and the United States as evidence of the challenge that policymakers have with the weakening of encryption. The report, entitled Defending Data Privacy, found that the vast majority of respondents (87%) does not support the government’s plan in the UK to make “accessible” encryption.

“Our research highlights a growing unease in the IT community because the UK government is putting unspecified threats to national security ahead of the real risk of cyber attacks,” said Mateo Meier, CEO . of ArtMotion, in late October

And concluded: “While it is good to see that the government has abandoned its ill-conceived completely prohibit encryption schemes, this Snoopers’ Charter [Investigatory Powers Bill] updated does little to reassure the technical community “.

Author Narinder Purba, We Live Security