Apple said Wednesday night that it is making it impossible for the company to turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police — even when they have a search warrant — taking a hard new line as tech companies attempt to blunt allegations that they have too readily participated in government efforts to collect user information.
The move, announced with the publication of a new privacy policy tied to the release of Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 8, amounts to an engineering solution to a legal quandary: Rather than comply with binding court orders, Apple has reworked its latest encryption in a way that prevents the company — or anyone but the device’s owner — from gaining access to the vast troves of user data typically stored on smartphones or tablet computers.
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About time.
ReplyDeleteShame, I hope Apple is a victim of numerous crimes and police refuse to help.
ReplyDeleteThey dont need to any more they already steel it with their stingray devices
ReplyDeleteApple is a junk product anyway. If you own an iphone, or especially their computers, you're part of the problem in America. No sense of research, or judgement.
ReplyDelete@11:38
ReplyDeleteReally? Apple products are more stable, crash significantly less often, need to spyware of virus protection because they are a inherently better design.
Their products are way more user friendly and intuitive. For the most part, no issues with driver errors or update problems, which plague PC's.
I was a PC guy for a loooong time. You couldn't pay me to switch back.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteShame, I hope Apple is a victim of numerous crimes and police refuse to help.
September 18, 2014 at 10:42 AM
WTH is wrong with you?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteApple is a junk product anyway. If you own an iphone, or especially their computers, you're part of the problem in America. No sense of research, or judgement.
September 18, 2014 at 11:38 AM
Are you the same nut as 1042
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteApple is a junk product anyway. If you own an iphone, or especially their computers, you're part of the problem in America. No sense of research, or judgement.
September 18, 2014 at 11:38 AM
Oh so that's what it is. And here all this time I thought our issues were lack of government oversight, massive corruption and waste, a decay of moral values, a failing education system and a society that becoming more ignorant every day. Good to know it's just all those Iphone owners.