Amaya Toman Jane Horvath, Apple's senior director of privacy, participated in a panel discussion on privacy and security at CES 2020 earlier this week. In relation to the issue of encryption, Jane Horvath said at the trade show that the once much-discussed creation of a "backdoor" in the iPhone will not help in the investigation of criminal activity.
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Jaromir Miko At the end of last year, we informed you that Apple will again participate in the CES fair after a relatively long time. However, the Cupertino giant did not present any new products here - its participation mainly consisted in participating in the aforementioned panel discussions, where the company's representatives definitely had something to say.
As we already mentioned in the introduction, Jane Horvath defended the encryption of iPhones during the discussion, among other things. This topic became relevant again after the FBI asked Apple for cooperation in the case of two locked iPhones that belonged to the shooter from the US military base in Pensacola, Florida.
Jane Horvath reiterated at the conference that Apple insists on protecting the data of its users, especially in cases where the iPhone is stolen or lost. In order to ensure the trust of its customers, the company has designed its devices in such a way that no unauthorized person has access to the highly sensitive information they contain. According to Apple, special software would need to be programmed in order to obtain data from a locked iPhone.
According to Jane Horvath, iPhones are "relatively small and easily lost or stolen." "If we're going to be able to rely on the health and financial data on our devices, we have to make sure that if we lose those devices, we don't lose our sensitive data," she said, adding that Apple has a dedicated team working around the clock to which has the task of responding to the requirements of the relevant authorities, but that it does not support the implementation of backdoors into Apple's software. According to her, these activities do not help in the fight against terrorism and similar criminal phenomena.
Source: iMore
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