When Apple and the FBI appear in the same sentence the debate is served. We've seen a few cases in the United States where the agency asks Apple how to unlock a criminal iPhone or terrorist, and Apple's response has always been the same: we have no way of accessing that information.
Apple takes the security of its devices very seriously and for that reason the company cannot unlock the iPhone without a user code, fingers or face. The FBI, Trump and many other government agencies will they asked Apple to build a backdoor so they could only access itHowever, Apple still denies, who can guarantee that this door will only be used by the "good ones"?
Recently, however, there has been an article announcing that Apple may have stepped aside based on the confidentiality of iCloud copies from end to end at FBI pressures. It would be a strange move by Apple and doubts have begun to emerge about the authenticity of this information.
How does Cloud Security work?
The current iCloud backups are encrypted, but they are not end-to-end. That means that both the user who has his or her password and Apple can access the data for these devices. When different law enforcement agencies, different organizations, police or governments want access to a locked iPhone, Apple will not directly help them unlock the iPhone, but you can provide any iCloud backup for use, which would include the sheer amount of data that would be available to it.
Every year Apple takes stock when it shows which governments have requested details on their other devices, last year Apple provided 82% of applications, approximately 160,000 devices.
However, the company announced a while ago that I will start using end-to-end encryption for iCloud copies, Apple is already using the final encryption on iMessage and FaceTime, so it's nothing new. This kind of encryption removes that Apple can issue a copy of iCloud and access the information, since it can only be done with an individual user identifier
The FBI doesn't like the end-to-end encryption
News reported yesterday that Apple has backed up its iCloud encryption plans FBI pressures, but now one of Apple's greatest experts, John Gruber, has planted doubts and doubts about the matter.
Gruber says that This information is based on FBI sources, not Apple sources., and that's exactly for that reason, and knowing Apple, is questionable.
"Not only does it have the status of Apple to notify anyone outside the company of any of its upcoming product plans. I'm not sure how to explain it further. It's not up to Apple's Apple to ask permission for anything.
Encryption with iCloud controls can be completely legal. There may be no legal requirement for Apple to notify the FBI ahead of time. And there would be no reason to notify the FBI just before getting the FBI opinion on that idea. We all know what the FBI thinks of secure protection. ”
Gruber also says that if Apple backs up its plans for encrypting iCloud backups, it will only be done by users. If end-to-end encryption works on iCloud Apple there would be no keys, then couldn't help customers lose or break their iPhone and couldn't remember their iCloud password retrieve your data.
He also points out that an article on the FBI's influence states that Apple took the decision "about two years ago," chief executive Tim Cook said in an interview with German media. over the past year these plans may appear soon. So the days don't mix.
"Our users have a password, and we have one. We do this because some users lose or forget their password and wait for our help to recover their information. It is difficult to estimate when we will change this practice. But I think in the future it will be as controlled as it is with devices. ”
This is a complex issue and difficult to solve, if Apple moves on to this type of encryption there can be no doubt that users' privacy will be improved, however. does not mean that it is a solution without side effects.
