IERI (Yesterday) US Department of Justice filed an official response to the appeal in an American court Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), regarding the decision that obliges her to unlock a FBI iPhone, arguing that those in Cupertino deliberately raised technological barriers that prevent the execution of a court order.
Basically the US government is accusing Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), that it prevents him from doing his job and protecting the Americans, stating at the same time that FBI does not intend to invade the privacy of Americans with its requests to be able to access data from iDevices.
Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), answered the document FBI with a conference call held with certain journalists, the senior vice president of the legal department, Bruce Sewell, stating that the FBI is using cheap tricks to attack Apple and that their document resembles an indictment.
Moreover, Apple claims that the FBI is so desperate that it is willing to use all the weapons at its disposal and give up diplomacy to get what it wants, including turning Apple into bad man in this whole story.
For the first time we see an allegation that Apple has deliberately made changes to block law enforcement requests for access. This should be deeply offensive to everyone who reads it. An unsupported, unsubstantiated effort to vilify Apple rather than confront the issues in the case. We add security features to protect our customers from hackers and criminals. And the FBI should be supporting us in this because it keeps everyone safe. To suggest otherwise is demeaning. It cheapens the debate and it tries to mask the real and serious issues. I can only conclude that the DoJ is so desperate at this point that it has thrown all decorum to the winds....
Sewell said he was shocked by the FBI's claims since Apple is working side by side with the federal agency to help it recover important data in its investigations, something that probably won't happen as often in the future.
Moreover, Sewell compares the FBI's response to Apple's refusal to help with a theory that could say that the FBI is not trustworthy because of all the theories regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
"We would never respond in kind, but imagine Apple asking a court whether the FBI could be trusted because "there is a real question about whether J Edgar Hoover ordered the assignment of Kennedy" see conspiracytheory.com as our evidence.
Apple is going to provide an official answer to the FBI until March 15, and on March 22 there will be a new appearance before the judge who analyzes the FBI's request to compel Apple to unlock the iPhone that generated this scandal.
