tug of war between Apple and FBI, with Cupertino that seeks to elevate the battle outside the courtroom and make it land in Congress, while some of the people injured in the massacre of San Bernardino, in December last year, want to present a lawsuit against Apple. “They have been targeted by terrorists, they want to know why,” said Stephen Larson, a former federal judge and now a lawyer of some of the victims. The lawyer declined to specify how many people is. In an email to employees, with the subtitle “Thank you for your support,” CEO Tim Cook reiterated his position: the authorities should withdraw the request for the release of the iPhone in the San Bernardino killer, Rizwan Syed Farook.
It calls for the creation of a committee in Congress to discuss privacy and personal freedoms in accordance with national security. “Keep safe the country must be a shared mission,” said the US president, Barack Obama, without referring directly to Apple. “As individuals and as a society we have zero tolerance and no sympathy for terrorists,” Cook writes, noting that Apple does not believe it is right to “be on the opposite side of the government in a case centered on freedom that the government should protect.
“This case – highlights Cook – is bigger than a single iPhone or a single survey. At stake are the safety data from hundreds of millions of people and creating a dangerous precedent that threatens the civil liberties of all. ” Cook uses harsh tones to reinforce Apple’s position, which has until February 26 to present the documentation in court on his refusal to grant the request for FBI iPhone unlocking of the San Bernardino killer. Next March 22 is scheduled the hearing. “We do not want to create any precedent,” says James Comey, FBI number one, on the blog ‘Lawfarè, trying to wipe out the doubts sull’infrazione security and thus increase the pressure on Apple, pushing it to work. “We owe it to the victims, the survivors can not look into his eyes, or ourselves in the mirror, if we do not follow this path,” Comey added, according to which the tension between privacy and security “should not be solved by those who sell items for a living. It should not be resolved FBI. “
The Comey criticism echoes the chorus of those who have criticized Apple for its refusal to cooperate only for marketing reasons, because at stake is not the data and personal security but billions of dollars of iPhone sales. “The case of San Bernardino is not about setting a precedent or send some kind of message. It is for the victims and justice. ” Fourteen people were killed and 22 were injured when Rizwan Syed Farook and his wife, both of Islamic origin and Muslim faith, opened fire at a center for disabled people.
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