As the other Apple CEO Steve Jobs did this time Tim Cook has made the cover of Time In solitary. The popular magazine has considered that its current confrontation against the FBI and therefore the Government of the United States of America, have deserved enough to dedicate the entire front of its prestigious magazine to him. Inside we will find an interesting interview in which Tim Cook tells us in more detail where this war between Apple and the iPhone is at. Although the full transcript can be found on the website of Time, we are going to tell you the most interesting points and the best pearls.
Tim Cook is open-minded when it comes to confirming that fighting the government is quite uncomfortable, however, this voluntary fight is very important for the civil rights of citizens around the world. Nevertheless, throughout the interview he recycles many of the reasons that he himself has already presented in other ways to justify its refusal to introduce back doors on iOS devices. Tim Cook does not hide that he is quite disappointed in how the media and the government are handling the case, rejecting these unfair government tactics.
What if I like your tactics? No. I don't like them at all, I see how the government apparatus is moving in a way that I have never seen before. What if I like how the press is treating the issue? No, I don't think they're being professional at all. What if I like how they are talking about our hidden intentions with all of this? No, I am offended by all this. Deeply offended by how I am being treated.
Tim Cook refers to today as a 'Age de Gold de la Monitoring'We have cameras everywhere, wherever we go. Even in our pockets, on our smartphones. Tim Cook says that the security and encryption of the iPhone does not prevent the law from being applied, it does not impede the work of the police. What the police and the government are trying to do is take shortcuts, take advantage of others.
On the other hand, on a technological level, Tim Cook anticipates that Apple will continue to gradually increase the security of iOS and Mac OS with each of the operating systems that are launched. Apple is actively developing more secure encryption for iCloud that even Apple will not be able to violate although it is forced to him by judicial request, also encrypting the user passwords of consumers.
This could affect the well-being of the citizens of the United States of America for decades to come, it will affect the civil liberties of the entire planet. We have been working a lot for all this, however, as we grew up, they were preparing a bigger steamroller to crush our work, and we are not going to allow it.
According to many opinions, this fight against the Government is a necessity, the surprising thing is that this once again happens in the United States while the rest of the planet looks with a magnifying glass, it never happens in other places. However, despite everything, he remains optimistic. I, who write these lines, do not trust so much.
This is one of those cases in which the Government makes mistakes for a time and does not act in the interest of the citizens. But I am optimistic that this can work out well and we can create a much better place to live.
Meanwhile, Apple continues to work in its defense for the judicial process against the FBI that will begin on March 22, in relation to this request to unlock the iPhone 5c, owned by one of the terrorists involved in the San Bernardino attacks. We do not know how it will all end, while we focus on the presentation that Apple has prepared for Monday, at 18:00 Spanish time where the iPad Pro Mini and the iPhone SE will arrive.