BlackBerry head John Chen has criticized the security policy of Apple, which refuses to grant law enforcement access to smartphones of suspects. According to the Director General, security policy canadian company “does not apply to criminals.”
“For many years IT company with disdain for the requests of government services for help. Recently one of the world’s largest technology companies have been denied access to information during the investigation of a known drug dealer, fearing to tarnish their brand. We’ve come very far: the company staked my reputation higher than good deeds,” – said the head of BlackBerry.
In the past year, Apple has changed the encryption on the iPhone, allowing access to user information only gets the mobile device owner. The company has previously kept the encryption keys that allowed them to unlock the gadgets at the request of law enforcement, but in the case of iOS 8, and iOS 9 this. In addition, Apple does not respond on requests of the police for the purpose of obtaining access to user data. We are talking about such password-protected data like photos, call history, e-mails, address book and so on.
Recently Apple refused to cooperate with law enforcement agencies, stating that “the attempt to retrieve the data in the absence of a clear legal right to such action may undermine the trust established between Apple and its customers and damage brand reputation”. Obviously, what the company said John Chen.
Chapter BlackBerry believes that IT companies need to be more flexible in matters of privacy when it comes to crimes. In exceptional cases, companies should provide data to users on request of the state. Chen supports the government, which intends to compel IT companies to disable the encryption on the device.
Note that in may of this year, Apple wrote an open letter to President Obama, asking it to reject any proposals concerning changes in current policies for the protection of personal data of users. In Cupertino believe that the wrong decision made under pressure from the FBI and other intelligence agencies, may lead to a significant weakening of the global cybersecurity and leave ordinary citizens defenseless to hackers.
