US Senate look for legal methods to fine Apple because refusing to help the FBI to decrypt the data from an iPhone used by one of the two terrorists who killed 14 people in an attack that took place in San Bernadino, USA, in December 2015.
According to some information that appeared during this day, the president of a senatorial committee of the US Senate intends to make a legislative proposal to impose fines on companies that refuse to submit to such requests of federal agencies.
Tim Cook announced this week that Apple will not compromise iOS security to help the FBI unlock iPhones, and now the issue is becoming a legal one as multiple people in the US Senate and Congress are cooperating to propose legislation that would force US companies to provide gateways in their operating systems.
The desire of those in the legislature could be imposed through an amendment to an existing law that already requires companies to create communication systems that contain access ports so that government agencies can gain access to them based on a court order, all having mainly in view of mobile phone operators.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R., NC) has decided against a proposal circulating quietly on Capitol Hill to create criminal penalties for companies that decline to comply with court orders to decipher encrypted communications, a spokeswoman said Thursday night. The issue of how to pressure companies on encryption matters has become inflamed in Washington in recent days. Several people familiar…
The president of this senatorial committee has been trying for some time to make a change of this kind for the legislation and in the current context, he could have the support of some people who until now opposed the adoption of such a legislative change.
In the US, Apple is supported by Facebook, Twitter or Google, but it is interesting that Microsoft has not commented on the issue yet, but even so a conglomerate of the largest American companies with the largest number of users for services can stop this legislative initiative.
These companies annually spend tens of millions of dollars lobbying for the promulgation of laws that are favorable to them and since we are talking about an election year in the US, the money will ultimately decide what will happen with data security.
