THE DECISION of hi tech giant in a sense goes against what he had said a few days ago its founder, Bill Gates, in an interview with Financial Times , he asked to Cupertino to cooperate with the American authorities. Now Microsoft has presented in a formal court document that seems to go in the opposite direction: a petition in support of Apple’s battle with the US government. The news was confirmed after a few hours since Cupertino had filed his appeal in which strongly supports not want to cooperate with Washington in the decryption of the iPhone 5c Rizwan Syed Farook, the killer of San Bernardino, California. “If Apple will lose this battle we find ourselves in a legal house of Cupertino police state, “he said, Ted Olson, in an interview with CNN, and warned of the possibility of” a government with unlimited powers that will always listen our phone conversations. ” It ‘a strong statement from Apple, like that of the CEO of Apple Tim Cook, who in an interview with ABC stated that force the unlocking of iPhone is “the equivalent of cancer software.” “We are asking you to write a program that could expose people to heavy vulnerabilities.” According to Cupertino that of the judiciary is an unconstitutional request that violates the First and Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution, and which has no legal basis. Also, something not new, Apple claims that the US move is an important precedent and a violation of privacy, “not an isolated case” as he wants to imply the FBI. According to sources quoted by the media Americans also Google, Facebook and Twitter would be ready to join the battle Apple. Microsoft instead in the paper argues that to solve the problem we need a twenty-first century the law to address the twenty-first century problems. A clear reference to the law that would force Apple according to the Government to cooperate: a 800 measure. The petition announcement was made yesterday morning by Brad Smith, Microsoft’s head of legal department, during his testimony before Congress. Meanwhile, Apple continues its race to increase the safety of its products. They are yesterday’s rumors of New York Times and Financial Times which, citing sources close to the company, confirmed the commitment of the engineers in Cupertino make it even stronger device security and even the company’s intention to armor iCloud so you do not have access to the archive itself of its remote users. Now an official confirmation: Apple has enlisted one of the developers of Signal, the preferred chat by Edward Snowden for his safety. It’s called Frederic Jacobs and announced on Twitter the move to Apple CoreOS team this summer. The news is reported by the website Business Insider . It is still unclear the role that will be covered by the developer, but this news becomes significant in these days of climate. Signal uses an encrypted communication system and has also been endorsed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the global non-profit organization that deals with digital rights.
- Topics:
- apple
- FBI
- fbi-apple
- san Bernardino
- microsoft
- iphone
- signal
- privacy
- security
- iCloud
- Starring:
- bill gates
- Edward Snowden
- frederic jacobs
- tim cook
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