It ‘s another twist, perhaps the most sensational, in the tug of war that pits the US government to Apple regarding the iPhone privacy and investigate attacks terrorism or other crimes. The most burning issue is what concerns the iPhone used by the two terrorists who did the massacre in San Bernardino, California, in December last year. On the eve of a hearing in a California court, where the Department of Justice was to support the FBI’s request – that is, the injunction Apple to provide a key or “gateway” to overcome the defenses of the encrypted code iPhone – suddenly the same department has asked to cancel the hearing. Standout is the explanation behind the request, received by the court. The Justice Department, which does employ even the FBI as the judicial police, would find “a way to get in the iPhone Syed Farook,” the author of the massacre of San Bernardino. Without the need for aid by Apple engineers. The impossible has now become reality? For months the clash between the Obama administration and the chief executive of Apple, Tim Cook, it was based on this assumption shared: the next-generation iPhone – like the one used by the terrorists of San Bernardino – would be impenetrable in the present configuration, without the ‘approval of the owner. Among the safety devices mentioned is the self-destruction of the data after a series of failed attempts to dial the pin. Therefore the investigators dealing with the San Bernardino massacre had asked Apple to write his engineers a new software code, described in simple terms as a “back door”, an emergency access to steal data behind the iPhone mandate of the judge. Cook had opposed a categorical denial, threatening to take the matter of appeal to appeal to the Supreme Court. The story had split the country in two. And now the message that comes from the Department of Justice, if confirmed in these terms, the fore all: there is no more need for Apple, FBI experts would find a way to make them yourself. This not only raises the debate about privacy, its rules and its protection, but it can deal a significant blow to the image of Apple. The only thing so far no one had questioned it was just total impenetrability of Apple products. That Cook was not only a battle of ethical and legal principles but also (perhaps above all) a marketing battle to affirm in front of its global customers the message “Are you sure, no one can spy on you, Apple is on your side.” Now that message seems less credible. And the news comes on the day of the presentation of the new Apple products, during which Cook returned to the theme of security and the confrontation with the FBI. The turning point in a document provided by the Legal Department Justice to the federal judge Sheri Pym district court of California, where he cites an “external person” (thus neither Apple nor FBI) that would have shown that there is a way to unlock access to iPhone Syed Farook. “We need to run tests – reads the document presented to the court by the government – and if it proves its effectiveness we will not need the assistance of Apple.” The Justice Department has promised updates on the experiment by 5 April. Just a few days ago Edward Snowden had declared that the FBI did not need Apple’s engineers to unlock the iPhone Syed Farook. The former analyst at the National Security Agency – author of the sensational revelation of secret electronic surveillance program set up by the government agency at the expense of US citizens and the rest of the world – also had indicates the method can be used.
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