On Tuesday, a US judge ordered Apple to help the FBI investigation broke belong Saeed RIZWAN Farook, one in San Bernardino, California, December shooting killer phone.
United States District Court in Los Angeles, US District Judge
ruled that Apple Sheri Pym must provide "reasonable technical
assistance" to seek to unlock the iPhone 5C Farook of survey data.
This includes bypassing its auto-erase function and password
protection, so that researchers can try to guess the password for an unlimited
number.
Apple did not respond to requests for comment on the award
immediately. The company has five business days if it will be considered to
meet the competition order "unreasonable burden," Pym said in her
decision.
"Apple has this will help the government to fulfill its
exclusive search technology, but has refused to voluntarily provide
assistance." Prosecutors said.
Case represents the latest episode in a long-term high-tech
companies and law enforcement dispute between encrypted. Government officials
warned that expanding the use of strong encryption hinders national security
and criminal investigations.
Technical experts and privacy advocates argue that the United
States forced companies to weaken their enforcement purpose encryption makes
private data easily, hackers, undermining the security of the Internet and give
companies a competitive advantage in other countries.
December 2 struck Farook and his wife killed 14 people and wounded
22 others. The couple was killed in exchange of fire with the police.
