Since the days we wrote article About how Apple refused to create a backdoor to help the US FBI decrypt the two iPhones of the Pensacola base accident who was carrying the iPhone 5 and iPhone 7.

Perhaps this rejection by Apple is due to the fact that it wants to preserve its image as one of the companies that maintains user privacy, and now Apple is in front of the cannon barrel for many government institutions and law enforcement agencies in America, and is under severe attack by these institutions, even US President Donald Trump He criticized Apple through his official account on Twitter, and during the past few days the attack escalated in an exaggerated manner this time, especially since it is not the first time that Apple is asked to decrypt the iPhone, but why this time with the FBI is able to easily unlock any iPhone device, So why did the FBI ask for Apple's help while it was able to decrypt the iPhone by itself?


What's the story

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The perpetrator of the Pensacola accident had two iPhones, one of which was the iPhone 5, an older version of the iPhone 5C that was in the possession of the perpetrator of the San Bernardino accident, which the FBI succeeded in decoding through a third party, an Israeli technology company, and the other device for the perpetrator The Pensacola accident was an iPhone 7 is not recent, and according to security researchers, the FBI was able to unlock and unlock the device with ease.


The FBI has the tools

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The FBI has used the Israeli company Cellebrite to decrypt the iPhone 5C of the perpetrator of the San Bernardino accident, after Apple's refusal. It also spent more than a million dollars to buy the necessary software from the Israeli company to decrypt the iPhone.

Also, Forbes revealed that the FBI was able to decrypt the latest and most secure Apple devices, the iPhone 11 Pro Max, without asking the help of the American company or even any third parties, thanks to a hacking tool developed by Grayshift.

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The site added that the FBI had a hacking device known as "GrayKey" which was designed specifically to penetrate iPhones and was used to extract data from the iPhone 11 Pro Max of a person called "Paris on Kush" who was accused of helping his convicted brother escape. abroad.


Real motives

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Anyone who follows the story of Apple and the FBI, can easily see that the FBI and the Department of Justice are trying to use the Pensacola incident in order to turn public opinion against Apple in particular and encryption in general as law enforcement agencies refuse technology companies to use strong encryption techniques in their products. And their devices, which impede the ability of those agencies to monitor ordinary people, and the matter can be clearly seen after law enforcement agencies objected when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that he would soon add the end-to-end encryption feature to his applications, and this matter would be a thorn in the throat of government security officials because it prevents them from spying on Users, and this is what those agencies do not want.

Finally, whatever the motive behind the law enforcement agencies, they will not be satisfied or stop until Apple acquiesce in their demands and creates a back door for the iPhone, and the next period will witness legal battles between Apple and the FBI, and let us hope that Apple and other technology companies will continue their stance besides providing their devices with technologies. Complex encryption so that it protects its users from any attempt to spy on them.

What do you think is the reason behind all this attack on Apple? Share your opinion with us in the comments.

Source:

  Forbes | idropnews

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