In the dispute between Apple and the FBI, we have new statements by the representatives from Cupertino, the senior vice president of the company, Eddy Cue, speaking in a new interview about the importance of the security of the iDevices created by Apple.
In general, Cue reiterates the statements of his colleagues, saying that Apple helps the FBI and the American police when it can, but that it cannot offer something to which it does not have access, he compared the FBI's request to that of a person who asks you for the key to the door entrance to your own house.
Eddy Cue says that Apple's fight with the FBI is very important for protecting the security of American citizens, he claims that the US government has a negative history in terms of protecting confidential data, with various hackers having access to a variety of data over the years. .
Apple believes that it can protect American citizens better than the FBI in terms of data security, which is perfectly true, but the government agency has a much more important role in the US and occasionally needs confidential user data.
First, we help the police and the FBI in this case and many more cases. We give all the data we have. In this case, the problem is that they want to give the one thing that we don't, that we can't give. What they want is you to give a key to the back door of your house and you don't have the key. Since you don't have the key, they want to change the lock. When we change the latchkey, it changes for everyone. And we have a key that opens all phones. And that key, once it exists, exists not only for us. Terrorists, criminals, pirates, all too will find that key to open all phones.
The battle between Apple and the FBI has divided public opinion in the US, the number of those who support the position of the American company has been constantly increasing in recent weeks and this is normal since many of their reasons resonate with the desires of a growing number of Americans.
How can you talk to a family member who has lost someone in a terrorist case?... My heart aches, just thinking if [that happened to] me or someone in my family. I am very, very sorry, it should not happen to anyone in the world. And that is why it is so important in this case that we do the best we can for the safety of everyone. If we don't protect the phone, we will make it much, much worse. In recent years, the government has lost more than five million fingerprints, employees of the government itself. They have lost hundreds of millions of credit numbers, financial systems. This problem is happening more and more and more. And the only way we can protect ourselves is to make the phone more secure.
You can find more information about what Eddy Cue said in this interview.
