After the court order requiring Apple to crack the San Bernardino terrorist's iPhone for the FBI was dropped when the feds announced this morning that they had managed to unlock it, the company issued a statement, which reads:
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"From the beginning, we objected when the FBI asked Apple to create a backdoor in the iPhone because we believed it was wrong and would set a dangerous precedent. As a result of the government's retraction, none of this happened. This case should never have happened.".
We will continue to assist law enforcement in their investigations, as we have done from time to time, and we will continue to increase the security of our products as threats and attacks on our data become more frequent and sophisticated.
Apple deeply believes that people in the United States and around the world deserve data protection, security, and privacy. By sacrificing one for the other, we put people around the world at risk.
"This case raises issues that deserve a national conversation about our civil liberties, our collective security, and our privacy. Apple remains committed to participating in that conversation."
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The company's announcement essentially repeats what it said from the beginning about this case, but what is interesting is the company's promise to make its products even safer.
As some experts have pointed out, if the FBI can crack an iPhone, it's likely that others can too. At this point, it seems Apple has no choice but to consider all the ways a device could be compromised, as the Feds don't seem willing to reveal the security flaw.
The question is, what will happen the next time an attack occurs and terrorists use an iPhone?
Apple doesn't seem to be legally bound to help the government, and it's very likely that we'll see a repeat of the episode at some point in the future.
