Ondrej Holzman The debate over unlocking the locked iPhone belonging to the gunned down terrorist who shot 14 people with his wife in San Bernardino in December is so serious that Apple CEO Tim Cook has decided to give an exclusive TV interview to ABC World News, in which he defended his position regarding the protection of user data.
Editor David Muir got a rather unconventional half-hour with Tim Cook, during which the Apple boss explained his view of the current a case in which the FBI requests that software be created, which would allow investigators to access locked iPhones.
"The only way to get the information — at least that we know of now — would be to create software that resembles cancer," Cook said. "We think it's wrong to create something like that. We believe that this is a very dangerous operating system," says the head of Apple, who revealed that he will also discuss this topic with US President Barack Obama.
The FBI reached a dead end in the investigation of last December's terrorist act, because although they secured the attacker's iPhone, it is password protected, so he wants Apple to unlock the phone. But if Apple were to comply with the request, it would create a "backdoor" that could then be used to get into any iPhone. And Tim Cook doesn't want to allow that.
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“If a court orders us to make this software, think what else it could force us to do. Maybe to create an operating system for surveillance, maybe to turn on the camera. I don't know where this is going to end up, but I know it shouldn't be happening in this country," said Cook, who said such software would put hundreds of millions of people at risk and trample on their civil liberties.
"This is not about one phone," Cook recalled, as the FBI tries to argue that it only wants to get into one device with a special operating system. "This case is about the future." Not only according to Cook, a precedent would be set, thanks to which the FBI could then demand to break the security and encryption of every iPhone. And not only phones of this brand.
“If there is going to be a law that forces us to do this, then it should be addressed publicly and the American people should have their say. The right place for such a debate is in Congress," Cook indicated how he would like to handle the whole case. However, if the courts should decide, Apple is determined to go all the way to the Supreme Court. "Ultimately, we'll have to follow the law," Cook concluded clearly, "but now it's about making our point heard."
We recommend watching the entire interview, filmed in Cook's office, in which the Apple boss explains in detail the implications of the whole case. You can find it attached below.
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