Washington (AFP) – The technology groups and the US government began a tussle on the protection of data stored in phones deemed inviolable, Apple refusing to give access to the contents of a cell from one of the authors the attack of San Bernardino.
the debate over data encryption has stalled in Congress but on Tuesday a US judge demanded that Apple has “a reasonable technical assistance” to the federal police ( FBI) to help access the encrypted content from the iPhone a radicalized perpetrators of the shooting of San Bernardino, which had killed 14 people early december in California.
Apple has denounced a request “unprecedented” which “threatens the security” of its customers and “has implications far beyond the legal framework of this case,” his boss Tim Cook.
the major technology companies like Apple or Google indeed offer more tamper proof products and applications, which only the user holds the key, and rejected to date requests for access to encrypted data in the context of criminal investigations.
They claim that this improved security is necessary to preserve consumers’ confidence in digital cameras. Conversely, the authorities regret that these inviolable phones could help criminals and jihadists.
“This is a clever maneuver by the FBI to move the legislative field, where they do not win, to the courts, “said Joseph Hall, the Center for democracy and technology, a group that defends digital rights. “They seem to ask Apple to produce a version of the iOS software that disables security.”
This ruling caused levees defenders shields of individual freedoms, which see it as a breach allowing surveillance no limits in the United States and elsewhere.
“If the FBI could force Apple to hack the devices of its own consumers, then all repressive regimes in the world could also be the” tip Alex Abdo, of the civil liberties defense Association (ACLU). “It is to the credit of Apple to stand firm on its commitment to offer tamper-proof devices to its customers”
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Everyone is not of this opinion.
“the Department of Justice does not require Apple to change its product or create a backdoor to access any of their products” , insisted Josh Earnest, spokesman for the White House. “It simply asks something that would have an impact on this specific device.”
Barack Obama “believes in the principle of the protection of privacy and American liberties,” but “the question at issue here is different, “has he said, assuring the FBI and the Department of Justice’s” full support of the White House “in this case.
the head of the NYPD, Bill Bratton , went in the same direction. “we can not give to those who seek to harm us the tools that allow them to keep their activities secret I reiterate my call on Congress to immediately pass legislation giving police the tools they need to keep America safe. “
” Apple chose to protect a terrorist of the Islamic state death over the American people, “also thundered Tom Cotton, Senator Republican of Arkansas. “Regrettably, the position of Tim Cook and Apple shows that they are not prepared to compromise and that a law on the subject is likely the only way to resolve this issue.”
the real question is whether Apple has the technical capacity to provide assistance to the FBI. Indeed, the group at the apple “has never been very clear about the details of his system,” continues Joseph Hall. “Apple is not the key, they only appear on the chip of your device”.
“But they have probably capable of doing software that manages the encryption key”, further said M . Hall.
no one knows if Apple really is able to bypass the encryption keys, notes Darren Hayes, computer criminology professor at Pace University. But “the fact that they challenge the judgment in this way makes me think that they can do.”
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