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2023 Author: Donald Evans | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 05:03
Another new controversy arrives at the Apple offices in Cupertino. Everyone knows that the United States uses all the tools at its disposal to access the information of those who care about their nation, but the company with the bitten apple does not intend to give in to their pressures. Apple has categorically refused to crack a terrorist's iPhone, and even to provide the necessary means in the future to do so.
The moral dilemma is enormous. 14 were killed in San Bernardino, in that tragic attack perpetrated by ISIS and that changed the lives of many innocent people. One of the terrorists had an iPhone 5c in his pocket, which could contain vital information about the terrorist leadership, so the FBI asks Apple to assist with "technical assistance appropriate to the situation."
What is morally correct? Offer help to investigators or provide unlimited access to the FBI on iPhones? This is precisely what has been worrying the company of the bitten apple lately, which is already quite concerned with the upcoming releases of its competition.
Apple will not decrypt iPhones, nor will it provide the means to do so
Tim Cook has been very clear. The case of San Bernardino is a tragic event, but will not provide a master key to the United States government Unlimited access to iPhones is not part of the plans of Cook and even dares to go further, since it has also declared that it will improve the encryption of its devices as much as possible.
When thinking about how the FBI would use a tool like this, we are reminded of cases like Snowden's, which made the world see the extent to which the NSA knew the movements of international leaders. Unlimited access to iPhones? No, thanks.
Of course Apple could offer the technical means to facilitate this decryption to security agencies, but it would break with a clear principle that from They have been trying to improve the privacy and security of their users for a long time.
All users of an apple product appreciate this firm and unhesitating position. The United States government is overreaching in trying to decipher iPhones. This is not a break with the company's patriotism, but a declaration of intent to the whole world.
It's a very big moral dilemma, but… what do you think? If you were or are an iPhone user, how would you like to expiate your personal information?
