Apple has formally responded to the San Bernardino iPhone case

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After some heated debate coming from Apple, the FBI, the court, and many other companies, we now have a formal response from the company. Apple has formally responded to the court in regards to the San Bernardino iPhone case. As expected, Apple has formally requested to not have to comply with unlocking the iPhone. This order has caused a larger amount of debate, with people chiming in from either side; with having Apple unlock the device or with having them not create the custom to software to do this.

It is likely that this case will continue, and Apple is stated to make an appearance on this soon. Apple is not so much worried about unlocking one phone, but what they need to do to unlock it. As it would require them to create a special version of the operating system, that would allow them to brute force their way into any iPhone, specially the San Bernardino iPhone. And if this line of code or software got into the wrong hands, it can lead to a lot of issues. In a recent interview, Tim Cook stated that there are some things that technology should never do and he believes this is one of those things.

In this formal document, Apple continues with the statement that this is not about unlocking one iPhone, but rather that it creates a backdoor to the entire ecosystem. It will be interesting to see how this develops in the future, as Bruce Sewell, Apple’s head lawyer, will be testifying about encryption at a Congressional Hearing. We can expect to see another response from the FBI and the Justice Department in the near future.