The technology company Apple today launched what promises to be a hard pulse Justice and the US Government refusing to unlock the iPhone phone used by one of the authors of the December shooting in the city of San Bernardino (USA), in which 14 people died.
The federal judge on Tuesday ordered Sheri Pym Apple help the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to unlock and access the phone used by Rizwan Syed Farook, who was shot dead by police along with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, after they attack their coworkers in San Bernardino.
The device was found by officers in the vehicle in which Farook, a US citizen, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, Pakistani, suspected supporters of the organization Islamic State (IS) they fled from the police when they were killed.
The decision of the Pym judge, which represents a major victory for the US government, was described today by the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook as “an unprecedented step” that “threat”, he insisted, the safety of customers of the company.
“We oppose the order, which has implications beyond the legal case in question,” said Cook.
The head of Apple said that the suggestion of the US government created the tool to unlock iPhone would be used only once “is not true”.
“Once created, the technique could be used again and again in many devices,” said Cook, adding that would be the equivalent of “a master key able to open hundreds of millions locks, from restaurants and shops to homes. ”
“No reasonable person would consider that this is acceptable,” stressed the manager of Apple in the letter addressed to customers of the company.
recalled that he wants the FBI is that Apple create a new version of the iPhone operating system to dodge important security features and is installed on the phone tiroteador of San Bernardino, whose action is being investigated by police as a terrorist act.
she stressed that falling into the wrong that software, which does not exist at present hands, has the ability to unlock any iPhone.
For Cook, the coding weaken their phones only hurt honest citizens and law-abiding, while the criminals continue, he said, using coding tools available to his hand.
“Opposing this order is not something we do lightly. We must face what we believe to be an abuse of the US government,” Cook said.
The FBI says its experts have been unable to access information on the phone Farook and insist that the data may be permanently lost after 10 failed attempts to enter the password to unlock it.
Google and Apple, which develops the operating systems used in 96% of phones in the world, announced in 2014 that they had redesigned its software with a code system that prevented them unlock their own phones.
That decision unleashed the fury of prosecutors and law enforcement officials, who want the two companies to create a sort of master key to “hack” devices if necessary.
Cook’s decision marks a new milestone in the confrontation between Washington and Silicon Valley on privacy and security and has generated both praise and criticism.
The non-profit organization The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which defends digital rights, endorsed the decision of Apple.
“The government is asking Apple to create a master key that can open a single phone and once believed are confident that our government will ask again and again for other phone, “the EFF said in a statement.
The organization praised the tech giant based in Cupertino (California, USA) to defend “true security and the rights of their clients.”
On the other hand, the former CIA agent Edward Snowden said through his Twitter account that the requirements of the FBI would make it possible to access any iPhone in half an hour.
“The FBI is creating a world in which citizens depend on Apple to defend their rights,” Snowden said.
different opinion has the Republican candidate for the White House Donald Trump, who endorsed the decision of the judge Sheri Pym.
“I agree 100% with the courts. In this case we should open” access to the phone said Trump told the Fox News Sunday.
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