Apple Inc. Works To Upgrade Security
To assure the consumers that it is company job to protect their privacy, the tech giant's engineers have commenced working on the security upgrade.
The Apple VS Federal Bureau of Investigation fight over the security issue of the terrorist, Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone 5C has been taking numerous twists and turns. Recently, a source privy to the matter revealed that the tech titan’s engineers have commenced working on strengthening the security of the devices. The goal is to make the privacy and security of the devices extremely difficult to hack.
A lot of tech experts have deduced that the Silicon-Valley business can easily upgrade its security and if it happens then, for law enforcement agencies, a potential technical challenge will be created making the government helpless even if it wins the current legal battle over access to the terrorist’s locked phone. A new rampage between the two parties will take place if the FBI intends to delve into the phone.
But the experts say that with the involvement of the Congress the company can be coerced to cooperate with the FBI. According to federal wiretapping laws, the phone carriers are under obligation to let the law enforcement agencies access the data however the exception includes tech giants like Apple and Google. A senior associate at Brookings Institution, Benjamin Wittes said that the battle between the two is likely to continue unless the Congress steps up and clarifies under what compliance do the tech companies fall in such situations.
“Security” is one of the most important features for the tech company. This is what the Cupertino Calif. has relentlessly been including in its “global marketing strategy.” Moreover, the tech giant had made it clear once that its new devices had so sophisticated encryption that even the company itself wouldn’t pass that because the organization didn’t clear about the consumers’ “personal information and stuff.”
Apple Inc. has always maintained its firm stance over the security of the devices. Clearly that is why the organization has always been on a watch for patched holes and software bugs which could make the devices susceptible to the hackers. In a similar, the proposed upgrade is an attempt to keep the device protected from the intrusion of the government.
During an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, CEO Timothy D. Cook said that the company is standing up for all those people who are hesitant to voice their opinion. He said that: “We are standing up for our customers because protecting them we view as our job.”
Last week when the company had a conference call as a response to the court order –which was something rare as the tech titan is not famous for “reacting to the news” but “making the news” –it revealed that a security update is in the pipeline. However, a source close to the matter who wished to remain unidentified said that the company, in fact, has been working on a solution for privacy weaknesses long before the San Bernardino attacks.
