The confrontation between US tech giant Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation continues. The FBI could not make Apple to break into the iPhone of one of the terrorists responsible for San Bernardino mass shooting. The company refused to grant the FBI full access to encrypted data arguing it would threaten personal information of other users. If so, the reputation of the most valuable company in the world will be severely damaged. The case is rather controversial. On the one hand, there is a violent terrorist attack; on the other hand, privacy and security is at stake. Apparently, Apple CEO Tim Cook decided that privacy of millions law-abiding iPhone users is of utmost importance, so he refused to unlock the smartphone of the terrorist.
Moreover, the company started developing a new data protection system which will be difficult to bypass even for the US authorities. Most experts believe electronics producer will win the case. Suppose that the court process ends in the government's favor, the FBI will still have to circumvent this security system and that will definitely result in another lawsuit. For now, all iPhone users can be sure that their private information is well encrypted and even the FBI can’t crack it.
