John Miller, the new head of the anti-terrorism division of the NYPD, the New York City Police Department, accuses the Apple company of helping criminals, thieves and a variety of criminals by the fact that it offers in iOS so secure that the police cannot access it.
Miller claims that he does not understand why the Apple company thought of developing an iOS so secure that the police cannot break it to access user data, criminals being motivated to use iDevices because the police cannot obtain evidence for their conviction.
The New York police have many cases where the criminals used iPhones and the data from them could not be accessed, or the communications could not be intercepted, within the department there is a lot of frustration because of these limitations.
Miller's claims follow statements made last week by the New York district attorney, who said his prosecutors were unable to access data from 175 iPhones last year, but also that thieves consider iOS security a gift. to God.
I still don't know what made Apple change their minds and decide to actually design a system that made them unable to help the police. You are providing aid to the kidnappers, robbers and murderers who have actually been recorded on the telephones in Riker's Island telling their compatriots on the outside, 'You gotta get iOS 8. It's a gift from God' – and that's a quote – 'because the cops can't crack it,'.
The authorities claim that they cannot access data in cases related to crimes of murder, human trafficking or even rape, so we are talking about extremely important crimes that in certain cases cannot be prevented or proven in court due to lack of evidence.
Apple is aware of all these problems and claims that it tries to protect the vast majority of users who do not commit crimes, but they could be affected by those who commit them and cannot be convicted due to lack of evidence.
