FBI and the US Ministry of Justice could sue Apple because of the security system implemented in iOS 8, and this after multiple situations in which Apple's decision to provide more security was publicly criticized.
Although until now those from the FBI and the US Department of Justice have only given statements regarding the problems they have in accessing data from iDevices with iOS 8, now they are considering initiating legal action, the move coming after the impossibility to retrieve data from some defendants in an investigation regarding drug and weapons trafficking.
Although those from the FBI obtained a court order through which they could ask Apple for a list of all the messages sent by the defendants, the Apple company told them that it could not give them this data because it did not have the keys to decrypt the databases in which find out the messages.
Frustrated by the impossibility of accessing data that can become evidence in trials, those from the FBI are currently discussing with representatives of the Ministry of Justice about the possibility of suing Apple, but also Google or other companies that have similar policies protection of user data.
In an investigation involving guns and drugs, the Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages between suspects using iPhones. Apple's response: Its iMessage system was encrypted and the company could not comply. The case, coming after several others in which similar requests were rebuffed, prompted some senior Justice Department and FBI officials to advocate taking Apple to court, several current and former law enforcement officials said.
Tim Cook has been promoting for more than a year that Apple is very interested in providing privacy to its users, and the American authorities are trying their best to convince Apple and other companies to give them access to the data that users try to keep secret. .
Until now, only those from the NSA would have managed to gain access to iDevice data through various programs, and it seems that the agency is not really that eager to share its secrets with those from the FBI, so it is possible that we will see a lawsuit initiated against Apple, Google, Microsoft and others.
