Apple’s Federighi: FBI backdoor could ‘wreak havoc’ on our personal safety

[Guest Chris Smith]

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Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi is one of the company's most compelling public speakers and now he's making the case against forcing Apple to hack into the iPhone 5c that was used by one of the shooters in last year's San Bernardino massacre.

 

In an opinion piece in The Washington Post, Federighi explains that Apple is trying to stay one step ahead of digital criminals with iOS and OS X security. He conceded that in the battle with hackers, “nothing is 100 percent secure,” and a mistake in one single line of code coming from expert programmers could be exploited by individuals with malicious intentions.

 

However, he believes that this makes it even more important for Apple to stand its ground against the FBI.

 

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