India claims to have secret technology that can defeat the encryption used by Apple on iPhones!
Ravi Shankar Prasad, India's communications and IT minister, said a tool used for mobile forensics has been developed to handle smartphones, including iPhones, according to the New Indian Express. The minister did not reveal details about how the tool works.
Earlier this year, the iPhone was at the center of a legal battle between Apple and the FBI. The government asked Apple to unlock an iPhone 5C that belonged to one of the San Bernardino terrorists. Apple refused the government’s request even when faced with a court order. The showdown ended in late March when the feds purchased a tool from a third party to bypass the phone’s security.
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Tech companies argue that weakening encryption, which can make data readable only by the intended recipient, violates the privacy of device owners. On the other hand, authorities argue that encryption hinders their ability to access data in criminal investigations,
In 2010, BlackBerry ran into similar trouble in India and other countries where hackers insisted on gaining access to encrypted customer data stored on the company's servers. BlackBerry claimed that it did not have the encryption keys and therefore could not provide access to the data.
Apple has yet to comment on India's allegations!
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