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Nakuba kusukela ekupheleni kuka-March, nini Ingxabano ka-Apple ne-FBI isiphelile mayelana nezinga lokuphepha le-iOS, ingxoxo yomphakathi mayelana nokuvikeleka kwemishini kagesi kanye nedatha yabasebenzisi ithule kakhulu, i-Apple iqhubekile nokugcizelela ukuvikelwa kobumfihlo bamakhasimende ayo ngesikhathi senkulumo eyisihluthulelo ku-WWDC 2016 ngoMsombuluko.

Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-iOS 10, u-Craid Federighi uveze ukuthi ukubethela ngasemaphethelweni (isistimu lapho umthumeli nomamukeli kuphela abangakwazi ukufunda ulwazi) kwenziwa kusebenze ngokuzenzakalelayo kuzinhlelo zokusebenza namasevisi afana ne-FaceTime, iMessage noma Ikhaya elisha. Ezicini eziningi ezisebenzisa ukuhlaziya okuqukethwe, njengokuqoqwa okusha kwezithombe zibe "Izinkumbulo", yonke inqubo yokuhlaziya yenzeka ngqo kudivayisi, ukuze ulwazi lungadluli kunoma yimuphi umlamuli.

[su_pullquote align="right"]Ubumfihlo obuhlukile bukwenza kungenzeki nhlobo ukwabela idatha emithonjeni ethile.[/su_pullquote]Ngaphezu kwalokho, nanoma umsebenzisi asesha ku-inthanethi noma kokuthi Amamephu, i-Apple ayilusebenzisi ulwazi olunikezayo ukuze iphrofayili, futhi ayikaze ilithengise.

Ekugcineni, uFederighi uchaze umqondo "wobumfihlo obuhlukile". I-Apple iphinde iqoqe idatha yabasebenzisi bayo ngenhloso yokufunda ukuthi basebenzisa kanjani izinsiza ezahlukahlukene ukuze bakhulise ukusebenza kahle kwabo (isb. ukuphakamisa amagama, izinhlelo zokusebenza ezisetshenziswa njalo, njll.). Kodwa ufuna ukukwenza ngendlela yokuthi angaphazamisi ubumfihlo babo nganoma iyiphi indlela.

Ubumfihlo obuhlukile buyindawo yocwaningo lwezibalo nokuhlaziywa kwedatha esebenzisa amasu ahlukene ekuqoqweni kwedatha ukuze ulwazi lutholakale mayelana neqembu kodwa hhayi mayelana nabantu ngabanye. Okubalulekile ukuthi ubumfihlo obuhlukile bukwenza kungenzeki ngokuphelele ukwabela idatha emithonjeni ethile, kokubili eye-Apple kanye nanoma ubani omunye ongase afinyelele izibalo zayo.

Esethulweni sakhe, uFederighi ubalule amasu amathathu enkampani ewasebenzisayo: i-hashing wumsebenzi we-cryptographic othi, uma nje ubeke, uxabane ngokungenakuhlehliswa idatha yokufaka; i-subsampling igcina kuphela ingxenye yedatha, iyiminyanise, futhi "umjovo womsindo" ifaka ulwazi olukhiqizwe ngokungahleliwe kudatha yomsebenzisi.

U-Aaron Roth, uprofesa eNyuvesi yasePennsylvania ohlolisisa ubumfihlo bokwehluka, ukuchaze njengesimiso okungeyona nje inqubo yokufihla amagama esusa ulwazi olumayelana nezihloko kudatha emayelana nokuziphatha kwazo. Ubumfihlo obuhlukile buhlinzeka ngobufakazi bezibalo bokuthi idatha eqoqiwe ingachazelwa eqenjini kuphela hhayi kubantu eqoqwe ngabo. Lokhu kuvikela ubumfihlo babantu kukho konke ukuhlasela okungase kwenzeke esikhathini esizayo, izinqubo zokungaziwa ezingakwazi ukukwenza.

I-Apple kuthiwa isize kakhulu ekwandiseni amathuba okusebenzisa lesi simiso. UFederighi ucaphune u-Aaron Roth esiteji: "Ukuhlanganiswa okubanzi kobumfihlo obuhlukile kubuchwepheshe be-Apple kuwumbono futhi kwenza i-Apple ibe umholi wobumfihlo phakathi kwezinkampani zanamuhla zobuchwepheshe."

Lapho umagazini Wired Ebuzwa ukuthi i-Apple isebenzisa kanjani ubumfihlo obuhlukile, u-Aaron Roth wenqabile ukucacisa, kodwa wathi ucabanga ukuthi "bakwenza kahle."

Umthombo: Wired
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