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Last night, a California court ordered Apple to assist the FBI in hacking an iPhone. It’s an unprecedented request, one with potentially huge repercussions for the privacy and security of every Apple customer. This morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook posted an impassioned defense of encryption, and signaled the legal battles to come.
The iPhone at hand belonged to one of the San Bernadino shooters, the couple who took 14 lives in an attack last December. But the open letter to Apple customers posted on Apple’s website early Wednesday morning is significant in that it doesn’t just respond to this court order and incident, specifically, but to the importance of encryption at large.
“For many years, we have used encryption to protect our customers’ personal data because we believe it’s the only way to keep their information safe,” writes cook in the lengthy response. “We have even put that data out of our own reach, because we believe the contents of your iPhone are none of our business.”
lemented with iOS 8, which ensures has no way to access your files. They’re protected by an encryption key tied to your password. That Apple is just as blind to your photos and texts as the FBI is also helps explain the unique nature of the court request. Rather than impel Apple to unlock the phone, the FBI wants Apple to help it develop a way to “bruteforce” the password—guess until it finds a match—without triggering a mechanism that deletes the key that decrypts the data. Currently, 10 wrong password tries will make the iPhone’s data inaccessible forever. The FBI would like to lift that restriction, along with the mandatory delays between password attempts that will slow their progress considerably.
While this isn’t a “backdoor” in the traditional sense, Cook argues that it amounts to one.
“The FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation,” says Cook. “In the wrong hands, this software—which does not exist today—would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession. The FBI may use different words to describe this tool, but make no mistake: Building a version of iOS that bypasses security in this way would undeniably create a backdoor. ”
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Last night, a California court ordered Apple to assist the FBI in hacking an iPhone. It’s an unprecedented request, one with potentially huge repercussions for the privacy and security of every Apple customer. This morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook posted an impassioned defense of encryption, and signaled the legal battles to come.
The iPhone at hand belonged to one of the San Bernadino shooters, the couple who took 14 lives in an attack last December. But the open letter to Apple customers posted on Apple’s website early Wednesday morning is significant in that it doesn’t just respond to this court order and incident, specifically, but to the importance of encryption at large.
“For many years, we have used encryption to protect our customers’ personal data because we believe it’s the only way to keep their information safe,” writes cook in the lengthy response. “We have even put that data out of our own reach, because we believe the contents of your iPhone are none of our business.”
lemented with iOS 8, which ensures has no way to access your files. They’re protected by an encryption key tied to your password. That Apple is just as blind to your photos and texts as the FBI is also helps explain the unique nature of the court request. Rather than impel Apple to unlock the phone, the FBI wants Apple to help it develop a way to “bruteforce” the password—guess until it finds a match—without triggering a mechanism that deletes the key that decrypts the data. Currently, 10 wrong password tries will make the iPhone’s data inaccessible forever. The FBI would like to lift that restriction, along with the mandatory delays between password attempts that will slow their progress considerably.
While this isn’t a “backdoor” in the traditional sense, Cook argues that it amounts to one.
“The FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation,” says Cook. “In the wrong hands, this software—which does not exist today—would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession. The FBI may use different words to describe this tool, but make no mistake: Building a version of iOS that bypasses security in this way would undeniably create a backdoor. ”
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Last night, a California court ordered Apple to assist the FBI in hacking an iPhone. It’s an unprecedented request, one with potentially huge repercussions for the privacy and security of every Apple customer. This morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook posted an impassioned defense of encryption, and signaled the legal battles to come.
The iPhone at hand belonged to one of the San Bernadino shooters, the couple who took 14 lives in an attack last December. But the open letter to Apple customers posted on Apple’s website early Wednesday morning is significant in that it doesn’t just respond to this court order and incident, specifically, but to the importance of encryption at large.
“For many years, we have used encryption to protect our customers’ personal data because we believe it’s the only way to keep their information safe,” writes cook in the lengthy response. “We have even put that data out of our own reach, because we believe the contents of your iPhone are none of our business.”
lemented with iOS 8, which ensures has no way to access your files. They’re protected by an encryption key tied to your password. That Apple is just as blind to your photos and texts as the FBI is also helps explain the unique nature of the court request. Rather than impel Apple to unlock the phone, the FBI wants Apple to help it develop a way to “bruteforce” the password—guess until it finds a match—without triggering a mechanism that deletes the key that decrypts the data. Currently, 10 wrong password tries will make the iPhone’s data inaccessible forever. The FBI would like to lift that restriction, along with the mandatory delays between password attempts that will slow their progress considerably.
While this isn’t a “backdoor” in the traditional sense, Cook argues that it amounts to one.
“The FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation,” says Cook. “In the wrong hands, this software—which does not exist today—would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession. The FBI may use different words to describe this tool, but make no mistake: Building a version of iOS that bypasses security in this way would undeniably create a backdoor. ”
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Facebook's 'like' button - which enables the social network's 1.5bn monthly users to approve a post - has become one of its signature features
Facebook's 1.5bn users will soon be able to vent their anger in a new way after the social network revealed it is working on a "dislike" button.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the move at a public Q&A session at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
“People have asked about the dislike button for many years,” the 31-year-old billionaire said. “We’ve finally heard you and we’re working on this and we will deliver something that meets the needs of the larger community.
"We're working on it and are very close to shipping a test of it. We didn't want to just build a dislike button because we don't want to turn Facebook into a forum where people are voting up or down on people's posts. That doesn't seem like the kind of community we want to create."
"People aren't looking for the ability to downvote people's posts, what they really want is to be able to express empathy.
"Not every moment is a good moment and if you're sharing something sad... then it may not feel comfortable to like that post, but your friends and people want to express that they understand and that they relate to you, so I think it's important to give people more options than 'like' as a quick way to emote and share what they're feeling on a post.
"We have an idea that we think we'll be ready to test soon and depending on how that does we'll be ready to roll it out more broadly."
Facebook's "like" button - which enables its 1.49bn monthly active users to approve a post by someone else - has become one of the website's signature features.
According to Facebook's own figures, 4.5bn "likes" are generated every day, with pop star Shakira the most "liked" person on the site, according to PageData.
A "dislike" button has long been rumoured, with Mr Zuckerberg telling a previous Q&A session in December that the company was considering installing such a feature.
Facebook is expanding its features, such as video, as it seeks to solidify its position as the world's most popular social network.
Source:Telegraph.co.uk
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Facebook's 'like' button - which enables the social network's 1.5bn monthly users to approve a post - has become one of its signature features
Facebook's 1.5bn users will soon be able to vent their anger in a new way after the social network revealed it is working on a "dislike" button.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the move at a public Q&A session at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
“People have asked about the dislike button for many years,” the 31-year-old billionaire said. “We’ve finally heard you and we’re working on this and we will deliver something that meets the needs of the larger community.
"We're working on it and are very close to shipping a test of it. We didn't want to just build a dislike button because we don't want to turn Facebook into a forum where people are voting up or down on people's posts. That doesn't seem like the kind of community we want to create."
"People aren't looking for the ability to downvote people's posts, what they really want is to be able to express empathy.
"Not every moment is a good moment and if you're sharing something sad... then it may not feel comfortable to like that post, but your friends and people want to express that they understand and that they relate to you, so I think it's important to give people more options than 'like' as a quick way to emote and share what they're feeling on a post.
"We have an idea that we think we'll be ready to test soon and depending on how that does we'll be ready to roll it out more broadly."
Facebook's "like" button - which enables its 1.49bn monthly active users to approve a post by someone else - has become one of the website's signature features.
According to Facebook's own figures, 4.5bn "likes" are generated every day, with pop star Shakira the most "liked" person on the site, according to PageData.
A "dislike" button has long been rumoured, with Mr Zuckerberg telling a previous Q&A session in December that the company was considering installing such a feature.
Facebook is expanding its features, such as video, as it seeks to solidify its position as the world's most popular social network.
Source:Telegraph.co.uk
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Facebook's 'like' button - which enables the social network's 1.5bn monthly users to approve a post - has become one of its signature features
Facebook's 1.5bn users will soon be able to vent their anger in a new way after the social network revealed it is working on a "dislike" button.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the move at a public Q&A session at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
“People have asked about the dislike button for many years,” the 31-year-old billionaire said. “We’ve finally heard you and we’re working on this and we will deliver something that meets the needs of the larger community.
"We're working on it and are very close to shipping a test of it. We didn't want to just build a dislike button because we don't want to turn Facebook into a forum where people are voting up or down on people's posts. That doesn't seem like the kind of community we want to create."
"People aren't looking for the ability to downvote people's posts, what they really want is to be able to express empathy.
"Not every moment is a good moment and if you're sharing something sad... then it may not feel comfortable to like that post, but your friends and people want to express that they understand and that they relate to you, so I think it's important to give people more options than 'like' as a quick way to emote and share what they're feeling on a post.
"We have an idea that we think we'll be ready to test soon and depending on how that does we'll be ready to roll it out more broadly."
Facebook's "like" button - which enables its 1.49bn monthly active users to approve a post by someone else - has become one of the website's signature features.
According to Facebook's own figures, 4.5bn "likes" are generated every day, with pop star Shakira the most "liked" person on the site, according to PageData.
A "dislike" button has long been rumoured, with Mr Zuckerberg telling a previous Q&A session in December that the company was considering installing such a feature.
Facebook is expanding its features, such as video, as it seeks to solidify its position as the world's most popular social network.
Source:Telegraph.co.uk
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