The UN with Apple, ‘unlock iPhone would open Pandora’s jar’ – ANSA.it

Unlock the iPhone “is potentially a gift to authoritarian regimes and the criminal hackers.” This time the support to Apple in the story of the author’s encryption iPhone unlocking of the terrorist massacre of San Bernardino is from an authoritative voice like that of the United Nations, in the person of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Jordanian Prince Zeid Raad Al Hussein.

from Geneva Al Hussein has expressed full support to agencies that deal with terrorism investigations, but stressed that by providing the keys authorities access to smartphones is likely to open a Pandora’s box . What would happen if Apple gave way to the FBI’s request to release the iPhone Syed Farook.

“The encryption – said in an official statement, the High Commissioner – is essential in the interest interests of freedom individual. There are other ways to investigate the killer, to find out whether or not they had accomplices, with no need to force Apple to create software that mini safety features of their phones. “

last December, in San Bernardino, Rizwan Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people after opening fire at a center for disabled people. Recently they asked the federal house of Cupertino to disable the function that deletes the iPhone data after ten attempts to enter a password. According to Apple, the request would result in ‘a dangerous precedent’: “We have no sympathy for the terrorists – said the CEO, Tim Cook – we are challenging the FBI request with the deepest respect for American democracy and the ‘ love for our country. “

Apple is currently engaged in a legal battle with the US authorities with a federal judge who last month issued an order of release against Apple. Order upside down instead a few days ago by a federal judge in New York, who has ruled that the government can not require the release of the iPhone. At the Apple support it has sided with the entire Silicon Valley giants like Google, Facebook, Twitter, but also Amazon, eBay, and LinkedIn.

At the choir joined the husband of one of the victims, survivors, of San Bernardino. “Neither I nor my wife – said Salihin Kondoker – we want to raise our children in a world where privacy is compromised for security.”

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