iOS 8 has implemented a complex data encryption system, so that Apple cannot decrypt messages or other data from users' terminals, even if the American federal agencies ask it to do so with court orders. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have harshly criticized this new data encryption system, saying it attracts criminals, and now the US Department of Justice is making similar claims. According to a representative of the US Department of Justice, the data encryption system in iOS 8 could be the cause of the deaths of some children, or other crimes that endanger the lives of other people.
The meeting last month ended in a standoff. Apple executives thought the dead-child scenario was inflammatory. They told the government officials law enforcement could obtain the same kind of information elsewhere, including from operators of telecommunications networks and from backup computers and other phones, according to the people who attended.
iOS 8 it no longer stores locally the keys for decrypting the data stored in the terminals, so that Apple can no longer decrypt those data even if a person's life is at stake, and this is the main problem, according to the US Department of Justice. The managers of the Apple company were shocked by the scenario presented by the department of justice for this problem and consider that the claims are exaggerated, saying that the police agencies can obtain some data about criminals from the operators or other companies that store information in the cloud.
In this idea, Apple supports the data encryption system to protect the privacy of users, even if it could attract dangerous criminals who could use it to commit crimes, but how would that be different from what BlackBerry has always done ?
