Apple recently stated in a United States court that unlocking new iPhones (running on iOS 8 and iOS 9) is impossible. Apple said that it is beyond their reach or others' to do it because of their entire disk encryption. Apple also stated that they however can extract data from iPhones running older versions of iOS.
The tech giant and highest share holder in the mobile market stated the above mentioned statements after a federal judge asked them to clear their position on this matter on a case that includes extracting data from a locked iPhone that the agency needs to extract data from. The iPhone that needs to be extracted data from is running on iOS 7 which concludes that Apple can very well extract the data the Agency wants it to do. However they are resisting and they have their own reasons:
The tech giant and highest share holder in the mobile market stated the above mentioned statements after a federal judge asked them to clear their position on this matter on a case that includes extracting data from a locked iPhone that the agency needs to extract data from. The iPhone that needs to be extracted data from is running on iOS 7 which concludes that Apple can very well extract the data the Agency wants it to do. However they are resisting and they have their own reasons:
"Forcing Apple to extract data in this case, absent clear legal authority to do so, could threaten the trust between Apple and its customers and substantially tarnish the Apple brand," the company said in a brief. "This reputational harm could have a longer term economic impact beyond the mere cost of performing the single extraction at issue."
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