Tomas Chlebek Emakhasini The Washington Post nge izolo ebusuku kutholakele okuthunyelwe nguCraig Federighi, inhloko yokuthuthukiswa kwesoftware yakwa-Apple, ephawula Izidingo ze-FBI, okuyinto, ngokusho kwakhe, esongela ukuphepha kwedatha yabo bonke abanikazi bedivayisi ye-iOS.
UFederighi uphendula ngokungaqondile ezingxoxweni zokuthi i-backdoor ye-Apple ye-Apple ingasetshenziswa kuphela ezimweni ezingavamile, okuhlanganisa ne-iPhone yamaphekula aseSan Bernardino efile. Ichaza indlela abaduni abahlasele ngayo ngempumelelo izitolo, amabhange ngisho nohulumeni ezinyangeni eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili ezedlule, bethola ulwazi ngama-akhawunti asebhange, izinombolo zokuphepha komphakathi kanye namarekhodi eminwe yezigidi zabantu.
Uqhuba ngokuthi ukuthola amaselula akugcini nje ngemininingwane yomuntu siqu equkethwe. “Ifoni yakho ingaphezu nje kwedivayisi yomuntu siqu. Emhlabeni wanamuhla ohambahambayo, oxhumene, uyingxenye yokuvikela ovikela umndeni wakho kanye nozakwabo,” kusho uFederighi.
Ukwephulwa kokuvikeleka kwedivayisi eyodwa, ngenxa yemvelo yayo, kungakwazi ukufaka engcupheni yonke ingqalasizinda, njengamagridi kagesi namahabhu ezokuthutha. Ukungena nokuphazamisa lawa manethiwekhi ayinkimbinkimbi kungaqala ngokuhlaselwa ngakunye kumadivayisi angawodwana. Ngazo, uhlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha oluyingozi kanye ne-spyware kungasatshalaliswa kuzo zonke izikhungo.
I-Apple izama ukuvimbela lokhu kuhlasela ngokuhlala ithuthukisa ukuvikelwa kwemishini yayo ekungeneni kwangaphandle, okungagunyaziwe. Njengoba imizamo kubo iya ngokuya iba yinkimbinkimbi, kubalulekile futhi ukuqinisa njalo ukuvikela nokuqeda amaphutha. Kungakho uFederighi ethola ukudumala okukhulu lapho i-FBI ihlongoza ukubuyela ebunzimeni bezinyathelo zokuphepha kusukela ngo-2013, lapho kwakhiwa i-iOS 7.
“Ukuphepha kwe-iOS 7 kwakusezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa kusukela lapho kwephulwa abagebengu. Okubi nakakhulu, ezinye zezindlela zabo zihunyushelwe emikhiqizweni manje etholakala kubahlaseli abangakwazi ukusebenza kahle kodwa abavame ukuba nezinhloso ezimbi kakhulu, ”kukhumbuza uFederighi.
I-FBI kakade kuvume, ukuthi isofthiwe evumela ukudlula iphasikhodi ye-iPhone ngeke isetshenziswe kuphela esimweni esiqale yonke ingxabano ne-Apple. Ukuba khona kwayo, ngokusho kukaFederighi, "kungaba ubuthakathaka abaduni nezigebengu ezingasebenzisa ukuze zidale umonakalo ekuyimfihlo nokuvikeleka komuntu siqu kwethu sonke."
Ekuphetheni, uFederighi unxusa ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi kuyingozi kakhulu ukunciphisa ubuciko bokuvikela ngaphansi kwamakhono abahlaseli abangase babe khona, hhayi nje ngenxa yedatha yomuntu siqu yabantu, kodwa ngenxa yokuzinza kwalo lonke uhlelo.
