The FBI asks Apple to “write equivalent software to cancer … – francetv info

Apple boss Tim Cook, defended again Wednesday, February 24, its position in the standoff against the FBI, which wants to force him to unlock an iPhone, the name of the fight against terrorism. “It would be bad for America. This would also create a precedent which, I think, offended many people in America” ​​, said the CEO in an interview with ABC. To meet the demands of the FBI, Apple should create a software “equivalent cancer” says Tim Cook.

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Apple launched last week in a legal battle and public relations against the American authorities, who want to force him to help investigators unlock the iPhone Syed Farook, one of the authors of the attack in San Bernardino in December in California. Two months after the attack that killed 14 people, investigators have indeed still unable to access the encrypted contents of the phone. Apple claims to have already forwarded all the information available on the iPhone Syed Farook. But the company also said that investigators have made a mistake by trying to reset the password, shortly after the phone entry, thus eliminating any chance of recovering the data.

The software that would decrypt phone involved in this particular case would indeed “the potential to enter into any iPhone. this is not something that should be set” , insists Tim Cook. Asked about the fact that in opposing the demands of the FBI in the case of San Bernardino, Apple prevented possibly detect another terrorist attack, Tim Cook suggested that “some things are hard and some are just. and some things are both. this is the case here. “

in addition to this high-profile case, US authorities require the cooperation of Apple for the access to at least a dozen iPhone in various surveys, including drug trafficking in New York. For him, “what is at stake here is: is it the government can force Apple to create software that we think would make hundreds of millions of vulnerable consumers in the world (… ) and trample civil liberties that are the foundation of this country “. Tim Cook said he wanted to talk about the case with President Obama, and be prepared to back the case to the Supreme Court, but believes that the debate should take place in Congress and not the courts.