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Kuwulwazi lomphakathi mayelana ne-Apple ukuthi ikholelwa ngempela ekuvikelekeni kwayo, futhi ukuvikelwa kwabasebenzisi bemikhiqizo yayo kuqala. Umdondoshiya waseCalifornia uphinde wakufakazela lokho nanamuhla, lapho i-CEO u-Tim Cook ephikisana nesicelo se-FBI sokwephula ukuphepha kwe-iPhone eyodwa. Uhulumeni wase-United States ucela ngempela i-Apple ukuthi yenze "i-backdoor" kumadivayisi ayo. Lonke icala lingaba nomthelela omkhulu kubumfihlo babantu emhlabeni jikelele.

Sonke isimo ngendlela ethile "sicasulwe" ukuhlasela kwamaphekula edolobheni laseCalifornia laseSan Bernadino kusukela ngoDisemba odlule, lapho umbhangqwana oshadile wabulala abantu abayishumi nane futhi walimala namashumi amabili nambili. Namuhla, i-Apple idlulise amazwi enduduzo kubo bonke abasindile futhi yanikeza lonke ulwazi olungayithola ngokusemthethweni kuleli cala, kodwa futhi yenqabe ngokuqinile umyalo weJaji uSheri Pym wokuthi inkampani isize i-FBI ukuthi ifake ezokuphepha ku-iPhone yomunye wabahlaseli. .

[su_pullquote align="right"]Kufanele sizivikele kulo mthethonqubo.[/su_pullquote]I-Pym ikhiphe umyalelo wokuthi i-Apple ihlinzeke ngesofthiwe ezovumela i-US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ukuthi ifinyelele ku-iPhone yenkampani ka-Syed Farook, omunye wamaphekula amabili abhekene nezimpilo zabantu abambalwa. Ngenxa yokuthi abashushisi bombuso abayazi ikhodi yokuvikela, ngakho-ke badinga isofthiwe okufanele ivumele imisebenzi ethile "yokuzilimaza" ukuthi yephulwe. Lokhu kuqinisekisa ukuthi ngemva kwemizamo embalwa engaphumelelanga yokugqekeza kudivayisi, yonke idatha egciniwe iyasuswa.

Ngokufanelekile—ngokombono we-FBI—isofthiwe izosebenza ngomgomo wokufaka okungenamkhawulo kwezinhlanganisela zamakhodi ahlukahlukene ngokulandelana okusheshayo kuze kube kwephulwa ukukhiya kwezokuphepha. Ngemva kwalokho, abaphenyi bangathola idatha edingekayo kuyo.

I-CEO ye-Apple u-Tim Cook uthola lo mthethonqubo ungaphezu kwamandla kahulumeni wase-US kanye encwadini yakhe evulekile eshicilelwe kuwebhusayithi yakwa-Apple uthe lesi yisimo esifanele sokuxoxisana nomphakathi futhi ufuna abasebenzisi nabanye abantu baqonde ukuthi yini esengcupheni njengamanje.

“Uhulumeni wase-United States ufuna sithathe isinyathelo esingakaze sibonwe esibeka engcupheni ukuphepha kwabasebenzisi bethu. Kumelwe sivikele kulo myalelo, njengoba kungase kube nemiphumela engaphezu kwecala lamanje, ”kubhala isikhulu se-Apple, esiqhathanise ukwakhiwa kohlelo olukhethekile lokuqhekeka kwezokuphepha kwesistimu “nokhiye ozovula amakhulu ezigidi zezingidi ezihlukene. "

“I-FBI ingase isebenzise amagama ahlukene ukuchaza ithuluzi elinjalo, kodwa empeleni iwukwenza 'umnyango ongemuva' ongavumela ukuphepha ukuthi kwephulwe. Yize uhulumeni ethi uzoyisebenzisa kuleli cala kuphela, ayikho indlela yokuqinisekisa lokho, ”kuqhuba u-Cook, egcizelela ukuthi isoftware enjalo ingavula noma iyiphi i-iPhone, engahlukunyezwa kakhulu. “Uma isidaliwe, le ndlela yokusebenza ingasetshenziswa kabi njalo,” uyanezela.

U-Kevin Bankston, umqondisi wamalungelo edijithali e-Open Technology Institute eNew America, naye uyasiqonda isinqumo sika-Apple. Uma uhulumeni engaphoqa i-Apple ukuthi yenze into efana naleyo, uthe kungaphoqa noma ngubani omunye, okuhlanganisa nokusiza uhulumeni ukuthi afake isoftware yokugada kumaselula namakhompyutha.

Okwamanje akukacaci ngokuphelele ukuthi yini abaphenyi abangayithola ku-iPhone yenkampani yamaphekula uFarook, noma kungani imininingwane enjalo ingeke itholakale kubantu besithathu njenge-Google noma i-Facebook. Nokho, kungenzeka ukuthi, ngenxa yale datha, bafuna ukuthola ukuxhumana okuthile kwamanye amaphekula noma izindaba ezifanele ezingasiza esenzweni esikhulu.

I-iPhone 5C, uFarook angazange abe nayo ohambweni lwakhe lokuzibulala ngoDisemba kodwa yatholwa kamuva, yayinesistimu yokusebenza ye-iOS 9 yakamuva futhi yayihlelelwe ukusula yonke idatha ngemva kwemizamo eyishumi ehlulekile yokuvula. Lesi yisizathu esikhulu esenza ukuthi i-FBI icele i-Apple isoftware eshiwo ngenhla "yokuvula". Ngesikhathi esifanayo, nokho, kubalulekile ukusho ukuthi i-iPhone 5C ayikabi nayo i-Touch ID.

Uma i-iPhone etholiwe ine-ID yokuthinta, izoqukatha into ebaluleke kakhulu yokuphepha yezingcingo ze-Apple, okuthiwa i-Secure Enclave, okuwukwakhiwa kwezokuphepha okuthuthukisiwe. Lokhu kuzokwenza ukuthi kungenzeki ukuthi i-Apple ne-FBI bahlukanise ikhodi yokuphepha. Kodwa-ke, njengoba i-iPhone 5C ingakabi nayo i-Touch ID, cishe zonke izivikelo zokukhiya ku-iOS kufanele zibhalwe phezu kwesibuyekezo se-firmware.

“Nakuba sikholelwa ukuthi izintshisekelo ze-FBI zilungile, kungaba kubi ukuthi uhulumeni uqobo asiphoqe ukuthi sakhe isoftware enjalo futhi siyisebenzise emikhiqizweni yethu. "Empeleni, sinovalo lokuthi lesi simangalo sizobukela phansi inkululeko evikelwa uhulumeni wethu," kwengeza uCook ekupheleni kwencwadi yakhe.

Ngokwemiyalelo yenkantolo, i-Apple inezinsuku ezinhlanu zokwazisa inkantolo ukuthi iyabuqonda yini ubunzima besimo. Nokho, ngokusekelwe emazwini ka-CEO nayo yonke inkampani, isinqumo sabo siwujuqu. Emasontweni azayo, kuzojabulisa kakhulu ukubona ukuthi i-Apple ingayinqoba yini impi emelene nohulumeni wase-US, okungagcini nje ngokuvikeleka kwe-iPhone eyodwa, kodwa empeleni yonke ingqikithi yokuvikela ubumfihlo babantu.

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