Apple may get in deep trouble as it has refused the government to give backdoor access to its database.
This week,The New York Times reportedthat the Justice Dept.
Speaking to The Times, officials from the Justice Dept.
and the FBI advocate taking Apple to court, though their motives are unclear.
Security researcher Nicholas Weaver last monthoutlined on legal blog Lawfarehow Apples sin-of-omission allows the feds to wiretap iMessage conversations.
The messaging system contains a flaw in how iPhone users verify each other, said Weaver.
If the government runs that machine, they can tap your messages.
Green added that services like WhatsApp and Signal are also vulnerable to similar attacks.
The real question is: could the government force Apple to do this against its will?
Could a court force them to modify their technology to make it make eavesdropping possible?
Thats a question which has been, to a degree, answered before.
The administration pushed for contempt, at which point Yahoo buckled.
The company was facedwith daily fines of $250,000 per day, which would double each month.
Could that happen to Apple, or any other company?
Apple has declined to comment on the record.
source: www.techworm.net
