Thursday, September 18, 2014

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Technology giant Apple has announced on Thursday a modification in its new operating system for devices Mobile , iOS 8 which prevents the company access to equipment without the owner’s consent, a measure for hinder police records .

The new measure is part of an effort by the company to distance itself from accusations of collaboration with the U.S. Government. UU. In a statement, the company said that the bitten apple, “unlike” of its competitors, has given up the possibility to directly access devices without the users password, something I could do so far.

“Thus, is not technically possible for us to respond to government orders to extract data from devices that work with iOS 8 operating system, “the company said.

This improved security protects the company itself (and therefore Administration) any information that can stored in Apple devices or accounts of users, such as photos, emails, contacts, call history, messages, written notes or multimedia content.

The new measure is part of an effort by the company based in Cupertino (California, USA) in response to those who accuse him of having collaborated , along with other technology too easily with the American Government and the National Security Agency (NSA ) when asked data users.

To prevented herself access to devices and user accounts without having the corresponding personal passwords, Apple has modified its encryption system , and this is applied automatically once the user has chosen password.

In addition, and as part of that effort stand out from the allegations collaboration with the Government of USA, said today that Apple has only provided data management “less than 0.00385%” of users of its devices.

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