Successfully jailbroken iPhone, FBI drops lawsuit against Apple

(Baonghean.vn) - The FBI successfully unlocked the San Bernardino terrorist's iPhone without Apple's help, ending the lawsuit between the agency and Apple, the US Department of Justice said.

Previously, a subject named Rizwan Farook and his wife shot dead 14 people in San Bernardino last December. The two were later shot dead by police. US authorities said Tashfeen Malik, Farook's wife, had insisted on pledging allegiance to the IS organization on social media on the day of the shooting.

Apple repeatedly refused the FBI's request to write software that would allow authorities to access terrorist Rizwan Farook's phone, opening up an "unprecedented" lawsuit between Apple and the US government.

The unprecedented war between the FBI and Apple is over.

However, on March 28, the US government decided to drop the lawsuit against Apple after obtaining information and data from the shooter’s iPhone, ending a legal battle that lasted more than 6 weeks. Instead, Silicon Valley and Washington are ready for a “cold war” on the issue of user privacy and law enforcement in the technology age.

At a press conference held by the Justice Department, the representative refused to provide details about the techniques they used, only saying they came from outside the government.

Apple, for its part, has mounted a legal campaign and used a massive public relations network to pursue the case. Apple asserts that creating jailbroken software as required goes against its core values ​​of customer privacy, security, and privacy.

Apple CEO Tim Cook explained that if Apple were forced to reinvent its products, it would open a “Pandora’s box,” allowing the government to unlock control of Silicon Valley.

Tu Linh

(According to BBC)