Ondrej Holzman As FBI investigators finally discovered a way to get into a secure iPhone without Apple's help, the US Department of Justice ended the the dispute it had with the California firm in this matter. Apple responded by saying that such a case should not have appeared in court at all.
The US government first unexpectedly a week ago at the last minute she canceled court hearing and today announced, that with the help of an unnamed third party she breached the protection in the terrorist's iPhone 5C. It is not yet clear how she obtained the data, which investigators are now said to be analyzing.
"It remains a priority for the government to ensure that security forces can obtain key digital information and can protect national and public security, whether through cooperation with relevant parties or through the court system," the Justice Department said in a statement to end the current dispute.
Apple's response is as follows:
From the beginning, we protested the FBI's demand that Apple create a backdoor into the iPhone because we believed it was wrong and would set a dangerous precedent. The result of the cancellation of the government requirement is that neither has occurred. This case should never have come to trial.
We will continue to assist security forces in their investigations, as we have always done, and will continue to enhance the security of our products as threats and attacks on our data become more frequent and more sophisticated.
Apple deeply believes that people in the United States and around the world deserve data protection, security and privacy. Sacrificing one for the other only brings greater risks to people and countries.
This case has highlighted issues that deserve a national debate about our civil liberties and our collective security and privacy. Apple will remain engaged in this discussion.
For the time being, the key precedent has not really been established, however, even from the above-mentioned statement of the Ministry of Justice, we can expect that sooner or later it may try to do something similar again. In addition, if Apple lives up to its word and continues to increase the security of its products, the investigators will have an increasingly difficult position.
It is not known how the FBI got into the iPhone 5C, but it is possible that this method may no longer work for newer iPhones with Touch ID and the special Secure Enclave security feature. However, the FBI does not have to tell Apple or the public about the method used at all.
So, of course, the question becomes whether the FBI got into the iPhone at all. It seems to me a pretty nice way to back out of the whole problem with honor...
And finally, the FBI can bake buns according to the family recipe, which was sent to the terrorist by his grandmother before the attack. Or did someone expect that this would lead to the discovery of some other "sleeper cell"?
well, they will "definitely discover" they have to show the world that nothing can prevent the breach of privacy, even if they were to invent the cell
But mushrooms. An agreement was reached. Vlada said that they were helped by a third party and that Apple gave it to them. The wolf saw and the goat remained whole.