Kwiminyaka yakutshanje sithethe kakhulu malunga nezicwangciso zenkampani esekwe eCupertino yokwenza isithuthi esizimeleyo ukususela ekuqaleni, izicwangciso ekufuneka ziguqulwe ngenxa yobunzima beprojekthi, ekugqibeleni ukukhetha yenza inkqubo yokuqhuba ezimeleyo yokuthengisa kubenzi bezithuthi.
Kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo, siyibonile indlela urhulumente wase-United States ayigcina ngayo imfazwe yomlo ngokuchasene neenkampani ezahlukeneyo zase-China, ngakumbi ngokuchasene neHuawei, emtyhola ngokuhlola urhulumente wase China, ezinye iingxelo ezinika inkampani yaseAsia ngaphezulu kwentloko kumazwe amaninzi, inkampani esebenzisana norhulumente welizwe labo, into engakhange iphikiswe nangaliphi na ixesha.
Kule veki, i-FBI ityhola umqeshwa we-Apple, osuka e-China, emtyhola nge-rIimfihlo zorhwebo lwe-obar ezinxulumene nenkqubo yokuziqhuba kwe-Apple, ngokwe-NBC. Uphando kulo mqeshwa, ogama linguJizhong Chen, luqale xa omnye umsebenzi we-Apple embona ethatha imifanekiso "kwindawo yokusebenza enovakalelo."
Abasebenzi be-Apple Global Security bakhangele ikhompyuter yakhe kwaye ifumene amawaka eefayile ze-Apple, kubandakanya iincwadana, izicwangciso, iifoto kunye nemizobo, Zonke zinxulumene nenkqubo yokuqhuba okuzimeleyo apho iApple isebenza khona.
U-Chen waye wafaka isicelo somsebenzi kwinkampani yeemoto ezimeleyo e China, ogama lakhe lingekadizwa. Kwingxelo epapashwe yinkampani ngenxa yesi siganeko, iApple iqinisekisa ukuba ithatha imfihlo kunye nokukhuselwa kwepropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda, iqinisekisa ukuba bayasebenza kulo mbandela kunye ne-FBI, abathumela kuyo bonke ubungqina Ifumanekile ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Ayikokokuqala ukuba kubanjwe umqeshwa wenkampani ukuzama ukuba iimfihlo kwinkqubo yokuqhuba ye-Apple. NgoJulayi ophelileyo, i-FBI ityhola uXiolang Zhang ngokuba izinto ze-hardware kunye neemfihlo zorhwebo, ezibandakanya iiprototypes kunye neemfuno zazo.