Magistrate Judge, Sheri Pym of the Federal District Court for the District of Central California ordered Apple to unlock the iPhone 5C used by one San Bernardino attacker. It included disabling the iPhone’s erase function which takes place after 10 consecutive unsuccessful attempts.
Time Cook’s Message
In a statement, Tim Cook said “The United States government has demanded that Apple take an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers. We oppose this order, which has implications far beyond the legal case at hand,”.
The Need for Encryption
“Smartphones, led by iPhone, have become an essential part of our lives. People use them to store an incredible amount of personal information, from our private conversations to our photos, our music, our notes, our calendars and contacts, our financial information and health data, even where we have been and where we are going”. It seems that Apple’s is giving first priority to user’s security. Despite, of US Court order of unlocking the attackers iPhone, Apple has openly refused to unlock the attacker’s device. FBI needs data of attackers, as data will be get removed if they try to unlock the iPhone by giving wrong password consecutively 10 times. If you loved this article, feel free to share it !
