Yana kama da wani abu daga fim ɗin ɗan leƙen asiri, amma gaskiya ne, idan muka gaskata abin da wani tsohon injiniyan Apple ya bayyana. Ya ba da labari da gashi da alamu yadda shi da ƙaramin ƙungiyar abokan aiki a Cupertino suka taimaka wa Gwamnatin Amurka ƙirƙirar rukunin iPods "Musamman na musamman" da "babban sirri."
Wannan ya faru a baya 15 shekaru. Baƙon abu ne a yi tunanin cewa 'yan leƙen asirin Amurka sun yi aiki tare da Apple a kan wani sirri na sirri. Ina so in sani ko yau Apple ma yana aiki tare da "Tsaron Kasa" na Amurka.
Da alama hakan Apple ya yi aiki tare da gwamnatin Amurka a kan "sirrin" da aka gyara iPod, kamar yadda tsohon injiniyan software na Apple David Shayer ya sanya a ciki Tsakar Gida.
Shayer ya ba da labari mai ban sha'awa daga 2005. Ya ce daraktan software na Apple iPod ya nemi ya "taimaka wa injiniyoyi biyu daga Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka su kera iPod ta musamman." Injiniyoyin hakika masu aiki ne Bechtel, wani babban kamfanin tsaron Amurka.
Mutane hudu ne kawai a kamfanin Apple suna sane da aikin a lokacin. Babu ɗayansu da ke aiki a kamfanin kuma, kuma babu alamun rubutattun takardu. Duk sadarwa an yi ta ne da kanka, babu imel, babu takardu.
Theungiyar ta shirya don canza iPod don yin rikodin bayanai daga kayan aikin waje na al'ada. Aikin shine cewa yakamata yayi aiki kamar iPod na yau da kullun, kuma dauki boye ƙarin bayanan da aka yi rikodin a kan rumbun kwamfutar iPod ta yadda zai tafi ba a sani ba.
Babban aikin Shayer a cikin aikin shine kula da duk wani taimako da ake buƙata don Ma'aikatar Makamashi na Apple. An bai wa ma’aikatan Bechtel ofishi a hedikwatar Apple, kuma tsawon watanni da dama an koya musu yadda ake kewaya da canza tsarin aiki na iPod wanda yake a lokacin.
Musamman na'urar da aka gyara ya kasance ƙarni na biyar iPod, wanda aka zaba don kwaskwarima mai sauƙin buɗewa da babbar hanyar 60GB. Hakanan iPod ne na ƙarshe wanda Apple baya sanya hannu akan tsarin aiki ta hanyar dijital, yana ba da damar sauƙaƙawar software.
Shayer bai taɓa ganin ƙarin kayan aikin da kaina ba, amma ya yi imanin cewa an canza iPod don aiki a matsayin «asirin gigi«. An yi hasashen cewa irin wannan na’urar za ta kasance mai matukar amfani ga Sashin Makamashi yayin gudanar da ayyukan sirri don tara bayanan aikin rediyo, wanda ake tsammani a kasashen waje, don haka zai iya yada bayanan da aka boye cikin iPod.