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How far governments should be allowed to access the private information of citizens?
These are, according to Bill Gates, the terms of a debate that should take place due to the legal battle between the Federal Bureau of Investigation US (FBI) and the technology company Apple to gain access to your one of the authors of the shooting of San Bernardino.
“ I think we expect governments to investigate all possible terrorism , not only on conventional terrorist threats, but nuclear and biological,” said co-founder of Microsoft in an interview with the BBC.
“should be allowed or not governments have access to this information? that is essentially the question,” Gates said.
“And sure people feel comfortable with the way governments manage the information surely deserves a debate “, the father of Windows, who told Bloomberg said then expressed his” disappointment “because several media suggested that backed the FBI in the dispute with Apple.
the versions in the media circulated following statements by Gates to British newspaper Financial Times.
“This is a particular case in which the government is asking for access to a terminal specifically for particular information. are not demanding something in general terms, “Gates told the Financial Times, which later changed its original owner alluded to a” support “for the FBI.
by not giving explicit Apple support, however, Gates broke ranks with the best-known figures technology giants such as Facebook, Twitter or Google.
All have defended the technology giant refusal to comply with a court order directing him to help federal police to unlock the iPhone 5C Syed Farook.
on December 2, 2015, Farook, a US citizen, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, Pakistani citizen, attacked a center for disabled in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding more than 20, before being killed by police as they fled.
“Creepy” and “dangerous”
CEO Apple, Tim Cook, defended the position of the company stating in an email sent to company employees and a questionnaire on the website of the company to access the court petition would “dangerous” consequences.
“This case goes far beyond a single telephone or a single investigation” , Cook said.
” what is at stake is the security of hundreds of millions of people who follow the law and set a dangerous precedent that threatens civil liberties around the world, “he said.
The Apple boss said the FBI had asked him to do something “creepy”.
“The security service has asked the company do something you simply do not have and that we consider very dangerous. We have been asked to build a back door to access the iPhone “.
According to Cook, ask what Apple is a new version of its operating system and should it fall into the wrong hands, this software could provide access to any iPhone.
“Victims and justice”
the FBI director James Comey said that there is a case for new legal precedent, but “victims and justice.”
“Fourteen people were massacred and many more ended their ruined lives and their bodies, “Comey said in a blog on issues of legal security, lawfare .
” we owe a complete and professional research in the framework of the law. That it is “.
By suparte, John McAfee, founder of the company that bears his name and cybersecurity expert, offered the FBI decrypt information iPhone.
“Here’s my offer. I, for free, I offer to decrypt the phone with my team. We will primarily use social engineering and it will take about three weeks, “he said.
Apple suggested to the White House to create a government commission to assess the problems caused by the increasing use of encryption.
a survey by Pew research center in the United States, where just over one thousand people participated, shows that 51% of respondents believe that Apple should unlock the iPhone facilitate FBI investigation.
38% of respondents was in favor of Apple and the remaining 11% did not comment.
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