San Francisco (USA), Aug 17 (EFE) .- Technology giant Apple today announced a change in its new operating system for mobile devices, the iOS 8 , which prevents the company access to the equipment without the owner’s consent, a measure to hinder police records.
In an open letter signed by Tim Cook, Apple CEO, the company apple bite he said, “unlike” their competitors (in clear reference to Google) has given up the possibility to directly access devices users without the password, something I could do so far.
In addition, Apple has updated its privacy policy underlining its commitment to safeguard the data of its users, even if it receives specific requests of the government.
“In this way, it is not technically possible to us to respond to government orders to pull data from devices that work with the operating system iOS 8 , “the company said.
This improvement in security protects itself company, and hence, of governments all information that can be stored on Apple devices or accounts of users, such as photos, emails, contacts, call history, messages, written notes or multimedia content.
The new measure is part of an effort by the company based in Cupertino (California, USA) in response to those who accuse him of having collaborated with other technology too easily with American Government and the National Security Agency ( NSA ) when asked data users.
For herself prevented access to devices and user accounts without having the corresponding personal passwords, Apple has changed its encryption system, and this is applied automatically once the user has chosen password.
In addition, and as part of that effort to distance himself from accusations of collaboration with the Government of USA, said today that Apple has only provided data management of “less than 0.00385%” of users of its devices.
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