Recall 2 December 2015 a Pakistani American Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik (staying in the US for a year under a visa fiance) opened fire on people attending the Christmas party in the resort assistance to the disabled Inland Regional Center in California City San Bernardino. They killed 14 people and wounded 21.
The two terrorists were killed in the raid. Officially, there is no certainty that the attack was the motive, but it is known that Syed Rizwan Malik Tashfeen Farook and sympathized with the Islamists and representatives Daesh passed this carnage to their success. And if there is a reasonable suspicion that the killer of San Bernardino there were a couple of lone wolves, it is not surprising that the FBI wants to read the information stored in the phone bomber.
Apple but encrypts the data in iPhones so effectively that without knowing the password, you can not unlock the phone. What’s more, after ten unsuccessful attempts of entering the phone deletes the information stored in it. FBI, supporting a court order, therefore, requested from the Apple unlock the phone Syed Rizwan Farooka. Apple refuses to appeal the decision of the court and hits the high notes, accusing the US government of an unprecedented effort striking the safety of customers of the Cupertino company.
Apple has adopted a double line of defense. On the one hand, justify a refusal to meet the demands of concern for the common good, on the other hand maintains that security is so strong that even Apple developers are not able to break them. The FBI does not accept any of these arguments, demanding the modification of iPhone operating system, to be able to make up for the effect of trying to force crack the password – without the risk of data loss.
Apple replicates that in this one case probably will not end: FBI with such a tool, it will be able in the future to break the security and other mobile Apple, no one is asking for permission. Tim Cook, CEO, sent up to their customers an open letter, which calls for a “public debate”, in other words – to exert public pressure on the government.
It would be naive to think that the head of one of the richest corporations world, never – to put it mildly – niesłynącej or altruism, or with high moral standards, he suddenly decided to throw the gauntlet to the FBI for ethical reasons.
It’s about money. Profits from the sale of iPhones is now the lion’s share of the revenue Apple, and these phones are from year to year more and more stronger, more attractive competition. Strong security protects your iPhone before surveillance is today one of the greatest strengths of the market of these devices.
In this heat producer iPhones trying to bake a second roast. His resistance to the demands of the FBI – and publicizing, the letter is, after Cook was played mostly PR-pink – Apple is trying to erase the bad impression after the scandal caused by revelations of Edward Snowden. The former employee of the CIA revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) as part of a secret program Prism spying on users of communications services of US corporations, from Microsoft after Apple, with their skwapliwej help.
Apart from the hypocrisy Apple – who is right ? It is likely that the information from the phone Syed Rizwan Farooka would help track down other terrorists, and as a result prevent out in preparation attacks. On the other hand, falling arguments that the waiver of defending the right to privacy is a simple way for a police state.
It seems that Apple could meet the demands of the FBI, without risking that the Bureau will gain access to the “back door” software. By modifying the operating system without making it available to the FBI and making yourself trying to crack the password, it would have a chance to provide agents with a potentially important public safety information, without compromising the safety of the data of other iPhone users.
Tim Cook but apparently found that the open confrontation of image Apple will gain more.
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