Apple’s iPhone engineers consider hackers a more pressing threat than the government

[Guest Yoni Heisler]

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/26b16ab259ae4bb41e1c1c0b07e0bb3d.jpgOver the past few weeks, Apple and the FBI engaged in a prolonged and highly publicized battle that sought to find a balance between user privacy and the interests of national security. As you likely know by now, Apple, while having no objection to helping the FBI when it could, drew a line in the sand when asked to create an entirely new version of iOS capable of bypassing the iPhone's built-in security mechanisms. So while Apple had no problem handing the FBI information on its servers, pro-actively creating an entirely new OS was simply too much for Apple to bear. Apple's recent battle with the FBI notwithstanding, iPhone engineers recently explained during a conference call with reporters that they still view hackers as more of a pressing threat to mobile security than the government.

 

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