Something new and very revolutionary is coming with iOS 8. iGuRu.gr presents the first nationwide Apple that will be discussed. If law enforcement wants to access your iPhone or iPad, they probably won't have to knock on Apple's door, as they used to do before the release of iOS 8. 
After the PRISM revelations by Snowden, which revealed that Apple and Silicon Valley were aware of and involved in the secret surveillance program, things seem to be changing.
This is not easy, since according to recent publications Yahoo is threatened with bankruptcy if it does not comply with the requirements to hand over data to the US government. This news, for the first time perhaps, made more credible the nine major technology companies that claimed that they were not complicit with the secret services.
But Apple has taken it a step further. With a new encryption method, new security practices, and an updated privacy policy, it's essentially closing the door to all intelligence agencies. How ?
Apple's new mobile operating system, iOS 8, which was released on Wednesday, came with enhanced encryption, forcing law enforcement, federal agents and intelligence agencies to turn to the device owner if they need data, rather than Apple.
New encryption methods even prevent Apple from accessing its users' data.
“Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and, therefore, cannot access your data,” the company says in its new privacy policy, updated Wednesday. “That’s why it’s not technically feasible for us to respond to government requests to extract data from devices running iOS 8.”
But this doesn't apply to everything. For example, if you have data stored in iCloud, Apple still has the ability (and legal responsibility) to hand it over to the authorities as long as the data is stored on their servers.
Remember that iCloud can include photos, emails, music, documents, and contacts.
However, Apple's new measures are truly groundbreaking and worthy of being copied by other companies. However, it was time for it to react in such a way, as the Electronic Frontier Foundation's annual reports for 2012 and 2013 presented Apple as having the worst privacy practices for user data.
