Apple refused to act according to the federal magistrate's order and claimed that China hasn't even asked it to crack the passcode of an iPhone to access it.
Apple responded to an order given by an American court. The government of the United States has asked to be granted greater access to the software of the US consumer electronics manufacturer than even the government of China, an executive of the company stated, as it is resisting a ruling compelling it to crack the passcode of a smartphone used by San Bernardino killer.
The smartphone manufacturer and the government used increasingly bellicose tones while debating over whether the manufacturing of products by the Silicon Valley can be dictated by national security.
On February 16, 2016, a federal magistrate ordered the company to help FBI in bypassing the iPhone. The company refused, claiming that by doing so, it would set a legal precedent compelling it to hack a smartphone of a suspect every time the authorities face a warrant. It claims that would violate privacy, user trust, and consequently lead to weakening the core safety of the organization’s flagship smartphone.
Early Friday, US Department of Justice released a lengthy legal filing. The filing alleged Apple for the misinterpretation of the regulation and giving priority to its marketing objectives over US national security.
Apple legal team was huddled on February 19, 2016, preparing its response while refusing to talk about the record. After being called many times by reporters, a senior executive of the company agreed to respond if his/her identity is kept anonymous and that the reporters do not quote the exact words of the executive.
The executive of the company stated the request of Justice Department was unprecedented so much that no other state – specifically naming China – had asked to be provided similar access. That came after it was reported that the state, a large market for the company, has asked for the inspection of western tech products for “security”.
The executive of the organization also stated assuming that Apple would be continuing to equip its products with more safety features for making it difficult still for investigators to attain access was safe.
The latest spat of the organization with the US prime law enforcement agency started in 2014, when it extended the encryption’s default use on the newer versions of its iPhones. Now, it stated it would now be unable to retrieve passcodes used for unlocking smartphones for agents of FBI.
The FBI recently admitted it cannot compel the company to provide it the passcode, but a clever workaround was concocted by it. A judge was persuaded to order Apple to help it easily guess the passcode by ensuring that the rest of countermeasures are weakened.
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