The FBI wants to give Apple software that allow an unlimited number of attempts to get the data from being erased.
But the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, do not want the FBI access to phone and have that kind of power. Not because he does not mind this issue in particular, but because it would allow anyone to agree to the personal information stored on their iPhone people.
“Specifically, the FBI wants us to do a new version of the operating system iPhone which set aside several important security features and that we install on an iPhone recovered during the investigation. in the wrong hands, this software does not exist today which would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in possession of a person, “he wrote Cook in an open letter. “The FBI will put that tool to the name you want, but make no mistake:. Build a version of iOS to dodge security thus undoubtedly create a backdoor And although the government can say that its use be limited to this case, there is no way to ensure such control. “
what’s more important, a possible precedent would be set for the government to unlock the cell of people, which iPhone users would enter a path that could threaten your privacy, Cook wrote.
“While we believe the FBI’s intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government compelled us to build a back door to our products,” Cook wrote. “And ultimately, we fear that this requirement would undermine the very freedoms that our government is supposed to protect.”
Cook’s intentions seem to align with the wishes of the American people. In fact, the Pew Research Center in 2012 found that smartphone users often look for ways to back up your phone for safety reasons more often than users of ordinary mobile phones. 59% of smartphone users backs up its contents and 50% delete your browsing history, the Pew reported.
In all, 57% of users uninstalled or refused application to install an application requesting them too much personal information.
“beyond some modest demographic differences, users of applications of all stripes are equally committed to these aspects of the management of personal information” according to Pew. “The owners of devices with Android and iPhone are equally likely to delete (or avoided altogether) mobile applications due to concern over their personal information”.
Not only can put in applications risk sensitive information from people. Think of text messages, for example. It is quite possible that someone with your iPhone can get into your text and read your personal messages, said the digital magazine Tech Insider. Users can stop off previous versions of messages and notifications settings. This will prevent messages appear on the initial screen and their texts are exposed to the world.
You can also hide read receipts going to Settings-messages and disabling these settings. So, people will not know if you read your text messages or not, as Tech Insider.
Users can also set how long you want to keep your text messages Thirty days, a year or forever until deleted.
rather than just protect your text messages, you can keep safe your personal information on your iPhone enabling the Touch ID function and a password, which requires your specific fingerprint to unlock the phone, according to the FAQ section of the iPhone. Also, you can change your location services to allow only specific applications to access your physical whereabouts, which frees you from releasing any personal information to the world.
Block cookies and disable the tracking information in the category setting-Safari also prevent you send personal data to the Internet in general.
“your online activity is a great source of data that could be compromised if someone gets into your browser on your iPhone,” said section FAQ iPhone. “Not only that: in addition, websites can track your activity with cookies and even capture your logins, so it is a good idea to have all the security settings of your browser and keep it clean”
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