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Apple intends to strengthen the protection of their devices after the FBI cracked iPhone terrorist

Apple has promised to improve protection of its products after the FBI managed to crack the iPhone, which belonged to Farouk Saeed – party attacks on peaceful citizens in San Bernadino. California Federal Prosecutor Eileen Decker said that during the burglary investigators helped “third party” but did not specify exactly who.

Apple refused to perform was discharged in February a court order which obliged the company to develop special software to unlock the phone.

The iPhone maker has appealed in a higher court. The company stated that they consider such actions a violation of the rights of customers. Many IT companies supported it.

After successful hacking of the smartphone, the authorities have withdrawn the warrant, and loud judicial proceedings will stop.

To the starting point?

Commenting on the actions of the investigation, Apple said: “From the beginning we have opposed the demands of the FBI to integrate in this system iPhone bypass the lock, as in our view it would be wrong and would set a dangerous precedent. As a result of revocation of order, none of this happened. This case should never have been run”.

In Cupertino added that will continue to improve the protection of their products, as “attempts to access our data are increasing and becoming more sophisticated”.

According to experts, whose opinion leads the BBC, now this case moved from a phase of acute confrontation in another plane: the U.S. government now has the knowledge about vulnerabilities in the security system of Apple devices. To protect its reputation, the company will make every effort to detect and patch this hole. If this happens, then the situation will return to the starting point.

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Why Apple insists on this issue continued the “national discussion.” American prosecutors meanwhile say they will continue to seek judicial assistance to compel Apple and other manufacturers of smartphones to help investigative actions.

Any price

“The primary task of authorities is to give law enforcement agencies access to critical digital information for ensuring the safety and security of citizens or with the assistance of the relevant parties, either through the courts when such assistance would not be provided,” concluded the California attorney Decker official point of view.

The FBI wanted to unlock the phone shot during the arrest of Farouk, the device may contain important information.

The problem the FBI was in the security system of the smartphone. All the data on your iPhone automatically erased after 10 failed attempts to enter an access code to the phone. Even the company itself cannot access the files in the phone’s memory.

Last week, the press in Israel reported that unlocking the phone was engaged Israeli firm Cellebrite. On the website of the company claimed that one of its software products allows you to receive and decode data with the iPhone 5c – this model was said Farooq.

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