Apple really does know better
Apple, because it is a technology company that understands how technology works, had resisted the UK demands since they first appeared. In a statement earlier this year, Apple said, “As we have said many times before, we have never built a backdoor or master key to any of our products or services and we never will.”
Apple knows that there is no such thing as a safe backdoor into personal data. It recognizes that once such a door is in place, information about how to unlock it will slip, and personal data will become highly insecure. The company understands the extent to which making such a move will threaten business, banking, and commerce and ultimately spell disaster for online trade.
Finally, because the company is engaged in a constant war with such attempts, Apple knows that any such backdoor would also become a target for hostile governments and organized crime, and that its existence would also give tacit permission to hostile states to demand the same degree of access, leading to a tsunami of digital insecurity to the detriment of — well, to the detriment of everyone.
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