Tomas Chlebek Esontweni eledlule, kwavela izindaba zokuthi i-Apple, ngokufana nokwakha ingqalasizinda yayo yamafu, wandise inani lezikhungo zedatha, asebenzela enye inhlangano naye, futhi ngaphezu kwe-Amazon Web Services ne-Microsoft Azure, usephinde wabheja ku-Google Cloud Platform. Manje umagazini Ulwazi ikhishwe i-athikili ukuthi lokhu kukhombisa ukuntula kwe-Apple ukuzethemba emandleni ayo okumboza ngokugcwele ifu layo kanye nezidingo ezivikelekile zesikhungo sedatha.
I-Apple kuthiwa ikhathazekile ngokuthi ukuphepha kwemishini yesikhungo sedatha kanye nezingxenye kungase kube sengozini abantu besithathu phakathi nohambo lwabo besuka endaweni yokugcina impahla yomkhiqizi beya e-Apple. Yingakho, ngokusho kwemithombo Ulwazi, okwamanje isebenza kumaphrojekthi afinyelela kwayisithupha agxile ekuthuthukisweni kwengqalasizinda yayo yamafu, okungukuthi amaseva, amadivayisi enethiwekhi, njll. Enye yazo ibizwa ngokuthi "Project McQueen" futhi igxile ekwakheni izinhlelo zayo zokugcina idatha.
Ngeshwa, ukukhathazeka kwe-Apple kunesisekelo esihle. Ukudalulwa kombiko kanye nesisebenzi sangaphambili se-US National Security Agency (NSA) u-Edward Snowden iqukethe ulwazi mayelana nezinqubo zomnyango we-NSA obizwa ngokuthi Tailored Operations Access. Umsebenzi wayo kwakuwukulandelela ukuthunyelwa kwamaseva namarutha ezindaweni ezikhethiwe, eyayizidlulisela ezikhungweni zikahulumeni. Lapho, ukuthunyelwa kwavulwa futhi i-firmware ekhethekile noma izingxenye ezengeziwe zafakwa kuma-routers nezinye izinto zokusebenza ukuvumela ukuphepha kwazo ukuba sengozini.
Amaphakheji abe esevalwa kabusha futhi athunyelwa lapho ayeya khona ekuqaleni. Kuze kwaba nezithombe zabasebenzi be-NSA bevula amaphakheji amiselwe i-Cisco, umdlali ovelele emkhakheni wezingxenye zokuxhumana.
I-Cisco ixazulule le nkinga ngokuthumela amaphakethe kumakheli angaziwa lapho i-NSA ingakwazi ukunquma umamukeli wokugcina. I-Apple yanquma ukubukeza yonke imishini eyatholana nayo, yaze yaqhathanisa izithombe zamabhodi omama nezincazelo ezinembile zengxenye ngayinye nomsebenzi wayo. Kodwa bagxile kakhulu ekuthuthukiseni imishini yabo. Ukwesaba ukungenelela kukahulumeni akukona kuphela, kodwa mhlawumbe esinye sezizathu eziyinhloko zalokhu.
Njengoba i-Apple idinga inani elikhulu lemishini ukumboza zonke izinsiza zayo zamafu, le phrojekthi iwukudubula okude kakhulu. Inkontileka yakamuva nje ephothulwe nge-Google Cloud Platform ngo Ulwazi kukhomba ukuthi kusekude egoli. Kubikwa ukuthi kuzothatha iminyaka ukuthi i-Apple ikwazi ukumboza zonke izinsiza zayo zamafu ngezikhungo zayo zedatha.
