Apple is just the beginning Foreign media: Silicon Valley will usher in a data war
Just after Cook made a brief but firm statement at yesterday's press conference, the US Department of Justice suddenly announced that the hearing scheduled to be held on the 23rd would be cancelled because "even without Apple's assistance, they also found a new way to unlock", which was less than 24 hours away from the scheduled hearing.
In fact, Snowden has publicly pointed out that, The FBI is fully capable of cracking the iPhone without Apple's cooperation. What's the purpose of such a great deal of trouble really makes him deeply suspicious. In this regard, The FBI explained that the cracking method provided by a third party agency can achieve the effect similar to Apple's "back door", but the FBI still needs time to test the feasibility of this method, if feasible, The dispute between the FBI and Apple can indeed be reconciled.
According to the report, The FBI said that it would give the final feedback results before April 5, so as to determine whether it is necessary to "force" Apple.
However, the sudden appearance of a third party makes this dispute seem to have been quickly settled, but in fact, this is just the beginning of countless disputes.
It is Apple that has been pushed to the forefront of the storm this time. It has more attention and a wider user base. Cook has won matching support while under pressure. As Ed McAndrew, the former federal network inspector, said, with more and more technology enterprises becoming more concerned about data security and personal privacy, Apple is facing problems today. "It is very likely that the company that meets similar disputes tomorrow will become another company".
"Data synchronization based on traditional mathematics and physics is like a relay race", said William C. Snyder, a former federal inspector and now a visiting assistant professor of Syracuse University's law department: "There will always be tens of thousands of people who will try to find better ways to grab data information, and there will always be tens of thousands of people who will try to find better ways to prevent them from doing so.".
It was rumored that Apple might launch iOS 10 in WWDC this year, and data security will become one of the highlights of this iteration. Earlier models, including the iPhone 5C, have used the anti mistakenly deleted flash memory technology. Its advantage is that it can let you, like a game archive, "restart even if you hang up several times". However, Jonathan Zdziarski, a data security expert, pointed out that this technology has been eliminated by Apple in the new models, Because they have a more secure chip technology - Apple Pay and Touch ID functions are protected by this.
It is reported that some members of Congress have proposed to the government that it should regulate government and enterprise behavior specifically for data security issues. Until an appropriate legal provision is issued, the entire Silicon Valley will be the "next Apple" at any time in the next days.
