U-Apple uyaqhubeka nokulwa ne-FBI malunga nokuba inkampani inganyanzelwa na ukuba incede urhulumente ukuvula i-iPhone 5c esetyenziswe ngumdubuli uSyed Farook eSan Bernardino izise konke Uluhlu lwe-Apple yemigaqo-nkqubo yabucala kwindawo ebonakalayo.
Iinkcukacha ezijikeleze eli tyala zikwenza kwacaca ukuba I-Apple ayinakho ukufikelela kulwazi kwizixhobo ze-iOS, kodwa okufanayo akunakutshiwo kwi-backups ze-iCloud. I-Apple inokucoca ukhuphelo lwe-iCloud nokubonelela ngolwazi kwabasemagunyeni xa beyalelwe ukuba benze njalo ngomyalelo wenkundla, njengoko wenzayo kwimeko yaseSan Bernardino.
Kwinqaku epapashwe kuyo esengoziniInesihloko "I-iCloud loophole," uWalt Mossberg ujonga i-Apple's iCloud backups kwaye ucacisa ukuba kutheni Idatha ye-iCloud ayinakukhuseleka njengedatha egcinwe kuphela kwi-iPhone okanye kwi-iPad.
I-Apple iyakwazi ukuguqulela "uninzi" lwedatha equlethwe kugcino lwe-iCloud, kwaye isithethi seApple sathi kungenxa yokuba inkampani ithathela ingqalelo ubumfihlo nokhuseleko ukuba yahluke ngokupheleleyo phakathi kwezixhobo ezibonakalayo, ezinokulahleka kunye neICloud. Nge-iCloud, kufuneka ifikeleleke yi-Apple, ke inokusetyenziselwa ukubuyisela idatha.
Nangona kunjalo, kwimeko ye-iCloud, ngelixa ukhuseleko kufuneka lomelele, U-Apple uthi kufanele ukuba abe nakho ukunceda umsebenzisi ukuba abuyisele idatha yabo, kuba leyo yeyona njongo iphambili yenkonzo. Lo mahluko ukwanceda ukuyalela impendulo ka-Apple kwizicelo zokunyanzeliswa komthetho. Indawo yenkampani kukuba iya kubonelela ngalo naluphi na ulwazi olufanelekileyo kwiiarhente zikarhulumente ngezicelo ezifanelekileyo nezomthetho. Nangona kunjalo, kuthiwa, awunazo izixhobo zokuvula i-iPhone ekhuselweyo ngegama eligqithisiweyo, ke ayinanto yokwenza igalelo. Kwimeko ye-iCloud i-backups, nangona kunjalo, ulwazi luyafikeleleka, ukuze ukwazi ukuthobela izicelo zomthetho.
I-ICloud i-backups iqulethe i-iMessages kunye neetekisi, umxholo wokuthenga umxholo, iifoto kunye neevidiyo, useto lwesixhobo, idatha yesicelo, iiphasiwedi kunye nedatha yezempilo. Izipele azibandakanyi ulwazi onokulufumana ngokulula, olufana nemiyalezo ye-imeyile esuka kwiseva okanye usetyenziso, kwaye kwangaxeshanye ukhuphelo lwe-iCloud lukwiseva ze-iCloud. Kodwa iiphasiwedi ze-Wi-Fi kunye neephasiwedi zeenkonzo zomntu wesithathu, olo lwazi lufihliwe ngendlela eyenza ukuba lungafikeleleki kwiApple.
Abathengi abangafuni kugcina idatha nge-Apple nge-iCloud backup bayacetyiswa ukuba bayenze ii-backups ezifihliweyo zasekhaya ngeTunes usebenzisa iMac okanye iPC, okanye usebenzise ezinye iinkonzo zokugcina ilifu, njengeDropbox, kodwa azikhuselekanga.