Following the revocation of the court order asking Apple to break the iPhone of the San Bernardino terrorist for the FBI when the Federals announced this morning that they were able to unlock it, the company issued a statement stating:
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"From the beginning, we had objections when the FBI asked Apple to create one backdoor cuts on the iPhone because we thought it was wrong and would set a dangerous precedent. As a result of the recall of the government, none of this happened. This case should never have happened.
We will continue to assist law enforcement in their investigations, as we have done from time to time, and we will continue to increase better safety of our products as threats and attacks on our data become more frequent and more sophisticated.
Apple deeply believes that people in the United States and around the world deserve to be protected data them, their security and privacy. Sacrificing one for the other puts people all over the world at risk.
This case raises issues that deserve a national debate on our civil liberties, our collective security and the protection of our privacy. Apple remains committed to this debate. "
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The company's announcement essentially repeats what it said from the beginning about this case, but what is interesting is the company's promise to make its products even safer.
As some experts have pointed out, if the FBI can crack an iPhone, it's likely that others can too. At the present time, it seems that Apple has no other choice from looking at all the ways a device could be compromised, since the Feds don't seem willing to disclose the security hole.
The question is, what will happen the next time one occurs attack and terrorists use an iPhone?
Apple does not seem to be legally committed to helping the government, and it is very likely that we will see a repeat of the episode sometime in the future.
