Apple will not intervene if justice asks user data – The País.com (Spain)

Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook at the launch of the new iPhone. / EFE

iOS 8, the new operating system for phones and tablets from Apple, brings an unexpected novelty. Henceforth the sole owner of the iPad and iPhone will be the buyers. Before this update, Apple could decipher keys, passwords and lock codes receivership request. Since they will not

Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, explained it in a letter included in the changes of its privacy policy. “Unlike our competitors, Apple no will happen over your password and therefore can not access that data. Technically, we can no longer take requests from the government to take data from devices in their possession provided they have installed iOS 8 “.

This statement is accompanied by changes in policy privacy, something more than mere formal declaration. Apple’s devices have a unique way to decrypt protected with the user key, content that gives access to your profile Apple. So far only the mail “@ me.com” account offered to customers, was this dynamic. With iOS 8 is extended to the messages (application linking both SMS as message style WhatsApp but only between Apple devices), calendars, contacts and photos.

Cook did not lose the opportunity to throw a dart at your competition, especially Google and Facebook: “Our business model is simple: sell great products. We do not build a profile based on the content of your emails or pages you visit to sell to advertisers. No rentabilizamos information stored on your iPhone or iCloud. Nor read your emails or messages for information and then market it. Our software and services are designed to make the devices work better. That was easy. “

Cook and breaks the general axiom of free products on the Internet and is consistent with the same defending WhatsApp before becoming part of Zuckerberg universe,” we want to know the least of our users. ” “We want our users to be our customers, they are not the product that business is done,” insisted another interview.

This decision by Apple intends gain the trust of users, especially after the security flaws in iCloud and massive theft of famous photographs. However, it is also contradictory because Genius, one of their services included by default, yes analyzes the behavior of users to let them purchase suggestions in the form of videos and songs from iTunes. That is, not what happens to others, but use it to promote sales within its ecosystem.

Another aspect trying to demonstrate is his distancing from the authorities of the United States. Five months ago the United States Supreme Court sought assurances of access to mobile devices if manufacturers injunction. Apple will refer the request to the owners of the mobile. Signing away the apple and also leaks Snowden and NSA.

Speaking to The Washington Post , Ronald T. Hosko, exresponsable FBI criminal investigation, believes that this move by Apple will bring problems, and insists that the cooperation with them is key to solving and preventing crimes.