Last week, the US Department of Justice submitted to an American court a document in which it talks about the reasons on the basis of which the FBI's request to unlock an iPhone used by a terrorist in an armed attack that took place in the US should be accepted. .
In response to that document, Apple filed another last night and claims that the FBI is abusing American law to get what it wants, not having the power to force Apple to create an operating system that contains vulnerabilities.
Apple claims that the FBI has turned the law into a magic wand that it tries to use to get what it wants, and the American courts should do their best to protect citizens from the abuses that the authorities try to make fun of.
The government seeks an order here that is neither grounded in the common law nor authorized by statute. Indeed, the government has not pointed to any writ available at common law that would require a private non-party to perform burdensome forensics work, create new software, or compel speech to assist law enforcement.
Apple is again asking a US court to reject FBI requests to unlock one or more iPhones in its possession and to reject the idea of creating an iOS that contains backdoors that authorities could use to get access to the data from the terminals.
Moreover, the Apple company claims that it feels offended by the fact that the FBI asks it to violate its principles to create a gateway in iOS, and if the court takes this into account, then the American authorities could be refused by the court.
THE GOVERNMENT DISAGREES WITH APPLE'S POSITION AND ASKS THIS COURT TO COMPEL APPLE TO WRITE NEW CODE THAT REFLECTS ITS OWN VIEWPOINT—A VIEWPOINT THAT IS DEEPLY OFFENSIVE TO APPLE.
The cherry on the cake of the document sent by Apple has to do with the founders of the USA, who also wrote the Constitution, those from Cupertino stating that they would be deeply offended by the way the American government tries to abuse the legislation to get what they want.
ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT, SHORT OF KIDNAPPING OR BREAKING AN EXPRESS LAW, THE COURTS CAN ORDER PRIVATE PARTIES TO DO VIRTUALLY ANYTHING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FBI CAN DREAM UP. THE FOUNDERS WOULD BE APPALLED.
You can read more details in the full document available below.
