An Israeli company is rumored to have stepped forward and helped the FBI gain access to a locked iPhone that was used by one of the San Bernadino shooters, so the Department of Justice ended it’s court case to compel Apple to assist them.
While it’s good that they’ve gotten the information they needed, it’s still a very troubling situation.
Now Apple has to worry about this hack that defeated their much-vaunted security measures. And the government may not want to give their back door away for Apple to patch.
That’s for them to sort out. I think Apple made the correct move in refusing to assist the government in this case, as creating backdoors is just asking for hackers to steal the information and exploit it. Someone always profits from stolen information.
What good is security if it’s full of holes and can be exploited by anyone? That’s what would have happened if Apple had put back doors into their iPhone operating systems. Software is available for employers to override passcodes on iPhones if someone is using a company phone. The Health Department that the shooter worked for did not put the applications on their company phone, even though they had paid for it.
It’s unfortunate that our smartphones have become pawns in a much bigger game of national security vs. personal liberty. Nature of the beast, I guess.
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