The principal FBI, James Comey, made a press statement yesterday expressing his concern about the way Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), si Google protects user data. More precisely, he questions the encryption system used by companies to store their confidential data in smartphones and tablets, FBIdemanding a change in data protection policies to allow authorities easier access to them.
I am a huge believer in the rule of law, but I am also a believer that no one in this country is above the law. What concerns me about this is companies marketing something expressly to allow people to place themselves above the law.
The statements of the FBI director I'm coming behind a interview given by Tim Cook in which the CEO of Apple said that the data is encrypted in such a way that neither Apple nor other government agencies can encrypt it. Now Comey is asking companies to relax these policies to allow easier cracking of passwords and obtaining confidential data from people who are being investigated, which is extremely difficult to do now.
It was normal for the FBI to be unhappy because it does not get access to all the information from our terminals, but it remains to be seen if it will be able to force Apple and Google to change their policies.
