DEA, sau Drug Enforcement Administration, este una dintre cele mai mari agentii federale americane, ea monitorizand traficul de droguri de pe continentul american si arestand traficantii de droguri. Desi agentia federala dispune de tehnica moderna pentru supravegherea si prinderea traficantilor de droguri, intr-un document intern agentii sai se plang din cauza faptului ca nu pot intercepta mesaje trimise prin iMessage, desi au ordine de interceptare emise de catre judecatori. Problema sta in metoda de criptare a mesajelor trimise catre serverele Apple, agentia americana nereusind sa sparga sistemul de securitate gandit de Apple.
Encryption used in Apple’s iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents to eavesdrop on suspects’ conversations, an internal government document reveals. An internal Drug Enforcement Administration document seen by CNET discusses a February 2013 criminal investigation and warns that because of the use of encryption, “it is impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices” even with a court order approved by a federal judge. They discovered that records of text messages already obtained from Verizon Wireless were incomplete because the target of the investigation used iMessage: “It became apparent that not all text messages were being captured.”
Practic aceasta este prima oara cand sistemul de securitate al unui serviciu Apple este laudat intr-un asemenea mod si totul este cu atat mai important, cu cat vine de la o agentie federala americana. Desigur ca DEA ar putea cere si ajutorul Apple pentru interceptarea acestui gen de transmisii, sau ar putea folosi alte tehnici de interceptare, insa pana una alta se plang pentru a fi cel mai probabil ajutate.
