New Apple phones are 'impossible' to unlock
Apple said that the latest iPhone encrypted data can not be accessed, even from Apple, but the company can, in theory, help the police to open the old phones.The comments came during a conference presented Monday to a request for entry of Apple in the case, a US judge.
The Ministry of Justice has asked the United States has tried to force the company to assist in access to public prosecutors iPhone impounded.
According to Apple, it can not be unlocked 90% of iOS devices 8 or higher.
Phone which is the subject of a request from the Ministry of Justice is a larger, but Apple has resisted so far released by the authorities.
"Apple forced to extract the data, in this case, and the absence of clear legal authority to do so could jeopardize the trust between Apple and its customers and to a large extent distort the Apple brand," the company said in a press conference.
US District Court Judge James Orenstein, of Brooklyn in New York, and identified session on Thursday, although it is unclear whether Apple representative will be present.
In order to decrypt the data on the latest hardware, encryption - the key to not only the user knows - will have to be introduced.
"No back doors"
At the same time, the CEO of Apple Tim Cook at a hearing in California, said that the company does not allow intelligence agencies to access the data through "back doors" in their software.
"We believe that encryption is a necessity in today's world," Mr. Cook, who was speaking at the Wall Street Journal said WSJDLive Conference.
"It must be the one to decide privacy and security. We have to be smart enough to do both."
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Can be unlocked data encryption services that come with the latest computer operating systems and smart phones only when using a certain key, according to Dr. Gus Wright, and the Oxford Internet Institute.
"Apple can provide the device and the system, but if you have this key were not able to open more than the State Department of the United States," he told the BBC.
He added that police often find themselves in an attempt to avoid this problem.
"Unbreakable"
This can be done by getting the user to voluntarily give up the key or by installing malicious software on the user's phone snooping in the key as it is written in.
"The basic encryption is unbreakable as close as you can get," he said.
"The point is not about to break the encryption, software breaks - trying to get the password from the user's computer so that you can open."
In another step to intimate conscious relationship, Apple also just released more than 250 applications from the store, which uses Chinese advertising program to extract personal information about users.
According to the company, include this information e-mail addresses and data that can identify individual devices.
Apple said it will work with developers to get updated applications back to the store versions of applications "fast."
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