Apple says developing such software for the FBI would be unconstitutional and set a dangerous precedent whereby hackers could break into millions of users’ iPhones.
In an article for the Washington Post, Apple exec Craig Federighi said: “Once created, this software — which law enforcement has conceded it wants to apply to many iPhones — would become a weakness that hackers and criminals could use to wreak havoc on the privacy and personal safety of us all.”
Apple and the FBI are engaged in a battle at the US Congress in an attempt to break the impasse. Last week a New York judge ruled in Apple’s favour in a separate case, saying it did not have to comply with federal orders to break iPhone encryption.
