Apple rejected an injunction to help American researchers to unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters in a terrorist attack in California, accusing the US government of “overreach” by establishing a dangerous precedent.
in a letter published on the website of Apple CEO Tim Cook he said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking for a new version of Apple’s operating system that circumvented the security and police forces would access to private data. Cook described the request as a “chilling attack” on civil liberties and warned that, ultimately, the government may “request that Apple built a monitoring software to intercept messages, access health records or financial data, track locations, or even access to the microphone or camera phone without consent “.
Apple’s strong reaction to the injunction dramatically increases the battle between the technology industry and the government for the encrypted data. US officials say they need a “back door” in the private information to track terrorists like the couple who killed fourteen people in San Bernardino; companies like Apple and Google said that the measure would violate the commitments to keep data of their customers safe, damaging their business.
“You have to open”
Apple’s opposition has already become an issue in the US presidential campaign, with Donald Trump saying he agrees “100% with the courts.” “Who does he think he is?” He said, referring to the signing of Cupertino.
“You have to open it.”Federal investigators have not been able to unlock the iPhone used by Rizwan Syed Farook, 28, who carried out the shooting on December 2. Judge Sheri Pym ordered on Tuesday Apple provide “reasonable support” to the FBI to retrieve information from the phone.
“Although we believe that the intentions of the FBI are good, it would be wrong for the government forces us build a’puerta trasera’ in our products, “Cook wrote.
the increasing use of encryption is” overwhelmingly affecting the implementation of the law “when companies do not cooperate or sell computers that do not can access researchers said FBI Director James Comey, to the Committee on Intelligence of the Senate on February 9.
“Skeleton Key”
the Justice Department wants Apple provides customized software that prevents your phone data to be erased after ten attempts to enter the passcode. The software should also allow agents to send electronic telephone access codes, rather than writing them by hand.
Cook compared the federal level with the creation of a “master key” that could be used to unlock any any number of iPhone in use around the world
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