Popular Russian blogger and designer Artemy Lebedev said that Apple’s new data encryption system to protect its iCloud cloud service from hackers could be used by US intelligence agencies, including the FBI. He voiced his opinion on the company’s plans from Cupertino in a video. YouTube.
“Apple did this because the FBI said the current system was full of loopholes and they offered to make it normal that only they could access it. But everyone will be told that no one has access there,” he said.
They will try to convince iPhone owners that “everything is *** (very) protected, super mega private,” according to Lebedev. “Until now, Apple has managed to do this trick in a way that people would believe. It is absurd to suggest that American intelligence agencies do not have access everywhere,” the designer is assured.
He concluded that the history of technology has shown that American intelligence agencies always have access to the data of service users when they need it for investigation.
It was previously reported that Apple. plans to significantly expand data encryption methods and the new system will be called Advanced Data Protection. It was alleged that Apple itself and law enforcement could not access it, even with a search warrant.
At the same time, the FBI later criticized He said that Apple’s actions and Enhanced Data Protection will prevent effective combat against criminals.