The refusal of Apple Inc. to meet a ruling ordering it to assist the FBI to unlock a iPhone recovered from one of the authors of the deadly attack San Bernardino , has triggered a dispute between the company’s technology and the US authorities on the limits of encryption.
In this context, the chief executive of Apple, Tim Coo k, said demand court threatens the safety of the customers of the technology giant and has “implications far beyond the legal case before us. “
it all started Tuesday when the judge Sheri Pym of the uS district court in Los Angeles said Apple should provide “reasonable technical assistance” to researchers seeking to unlock the data in a iPhone 5C owned by Rizwan Syed Farook.
federal prosecutors asked the court for an order to force Apple to assist in the investigation of a shooting perpetrated on December 2, 2015 by Farook and his wife in which killed 14 people and wounded 22 others. both died in clashes with police.
Meanwhile, the FBI has been investigating possible communications partners with Islamic State and other military groups.
“Apple has exclusive technical means that would help the government to complete this quest, but has declined to provide such assistance on a voluntary basis,” prosecutors said.
Experts in technology and Privacy advocates argue that forcing American companies to weaken their encryption methods, would make private data more vulnerable to hackers damage Internet security and give a competitive advantage to firms in other countries.
“The government is asking Apple to enter the systems of our own users and to undermine decades of advances in security to protect our customers, including tens of millions of US citizens, sophisticated hackers and cybercriminals “, Cook said in a letter published on the website of Apple.
prosecutors said Apple could help researchers to disable ” barriers unencrypted Apple has scheduled in your operating system. “
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