Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Apple improves security for the FBI’s iPhone hack – Expressen

Apple refused to hack the iPhone that belonged to one of the people who murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, California, 2 December last year, because it would mean uncertainty for all iPhone users.

the FBI down the lawsuit against Apple after they themselves have managed to find a way to get into the phone.

Now the promises Apple to increase security for the FBI’s successful intrusion.

the FBI wanted that Apple would create a code to get into the killer’s iPhone, but the company opposed this because they feared that such a code could be used on any mobile phone of the same model . The FBI then submitted a lawsuit against the company.

Apple said in a statement that the company objected to the FBI’s demands to create a backdoor to the phone because they thought it was wrong and could create a dangerous guidance similar cases.

The phone belonged to Syed Farook who killed 14 people along with his wife Tashfeen Malik in December, 2015 when they went to the attack on a Christmas party in San Bernardino.

Now, the FBI just announced that they managed to get into the phone information without Apple’s help. Exactly how it happened remains a mystery.

According to Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder, head of security on the Internet Foundation, Sweden, are no phones safe for intrusion and she recommends anyone who owns a smartphone to take charge of its stored information.

– a phone is always possible to replace the loss of sensitive information is worse and can lead to serious consequences.

Apple believe that this is just one of many similar struggles dealing with data integrity. “Apple believes deeply that people in the United States and around the world deserve data protection, security and privacy. To sacrifice one for the second exposing only the people and countries of the greater risk,” the company said in a statement.

The company also said that they would continue to assist law enforcement with their investigations, but that the FBI would never have taken the case to court. But they also promised to increase security for the FBI’s successful intrusion, according computerweekly.com.

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