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I-Federal Bureau of Investigation yase-US inqume ukudalula imininingwane eminingi mayelana nokuthi ikwazile kanjani ukwephula ukuphepha kwe-iPhone evikelwe amaphekula ngemuva kokuhlasela kwangonyaka odlule eSan Bernardino. Ekugcineni, i-FBI ithole ithuluzi elingadlula izici zokuphepha, kodwa kuphela kumafoni amadala.

Umqondisi we-FBI uJames Comey uveze ukuthi uhulumeni wase-US uthenge ithuluzi enkampanini ezimele elingasetshenziswa ukunqamula ukuphepha kwe-iPhone 5C esebenzisa i-iOS 9.

UComey naye ukuqinisekisile ukuthi wayeka ngenxa yalokho icala elibhekwe ngabomvu phakathi kukahulumeni kanye ne-Apple, eyenqaba ukwehlisa izindlela zayo zokuphepha ukuze kuvunyelwe abaphenyi ukuthi bangene ku-iPhone ekhiyiwe eyayinephasikhodi umsebenzisi azame ukuyingena ka-10 kuphela.

Nakuba i-FBI inqabile ukusho ukuthi ithenge kubani ithuluzi elikhethekile, u-Comey ukholelwa ukuthi zombili izinhlangothi zinezisusa ezifanayo futhi zizovikela indlela ethile. Uhulumeni akakanqumi ukuthi uzoyitshela yini i-Apple ukuthi iyiphule kanjani i-iPhone ejele.

“Uma sitshela i-Apple, bazoyilungisa futhi sizobuyela esimweni sokuqala. Kungase kwenzeke kanjalo, kodwa asikanqumi okwamanje, ”kusho u-Comey, oqinisekise ukuthi i-FBI ingangena kuma-iPhone amadala kuphela ngethuluzi elithengiwe. Amamodeli amasha anezici zokuphepha ezifana ne-Touch ID ne-Secure Enclave (kusuka ku-iPhone 5S) ngeke zisafinyelelwa yi-FBI.

Kungenzeka ukuthi ithuluzi "lokugebenga" litholwe yi-FBI evela enkampanini yakwa-Israel i-Cellebrite, okwakunamahlebezi okuthi izosiza i-jailbreak i-iPhone 5C. Okungenani manje kuqinisekile ukuthi enkantolo icala laseSan Bernardino ngeke libuye.

Kodwa-ke, akukhishiwe ukuthi maduze sizobona icala elifanayo futhi, njengoba i-FBI nezinye izinhlaka zokuphepha zase-US zinama-iPhones amaningi ezikuzo ezingakwazi ukungena kuwo. Uma kungamamodeli amadala, i-FBI ingasebenzisa ithuluzi elisanda kuthengwa, kodwa futhi konke kuncike ekutheni i-Apple izophatha noma cha ekugcineni.

Umthombo: CNN
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