Ngemuva kwempikiswano eyenziwe yi-FBI ne-Apple yenkampani esekwe eCupertino ukuvula i-iPhone 5c esetshenziswa omunye wamaphekula wokuhlaselwa kweSan Bernardino, kusanda kuputshuka imibhalo eminingana evela enkantolo yomthetho yaseLos Angeles ongayifunda ukuthi umnyango wamaphoyisa wedolobha ukwazile ukuthola indlela yokuvula i-iPhone 5s.
Ama-iPhone 5 akhulunywa ngawo ngeka-Unkosikazi womlingisi weThe Shields uMichael Jace, owabulawa eningizimu yedolobha. Ikhodi yokuvula ifoni itholwe ngenyanga edlule, sibonga ukusebenzisana komuntu, igama lakhe elingadalulwanga, uchwepheshe kwezocingo, ezokuphepha kanye nokuhlaziywa kwe-forensic.
Isizathu esinikezwe umnyango wamaphoyisa waseLos Angeles ngokuzama ukufinyelela kuma-iPhone 5s omfazi womlingisi bekungukukhathazeka kwamaphoyisa ngalokhu izinkinga ebudlelwaneni. Lezi zinkinga zivuse isasasa lamaphoyisa lokuzama ukuthola imiyalezo ebithunyelwe bese ebheka ukuthi kukhona yini okutholile okuhlobene nobugebengu.
Ukuzama ukungena kuma-iPhone 5s, unjiniyela we-Apple wacelwa ukuthi asize amaphoyisa akhiphe imininingwane, kepha akakwazanga ukwenza lokho. Ngomzuzwana azamile, onjiniyela abaningana abakwazanga ukungena kule divayisi, egcine ingasebenzi. Asazi ukuthi iyiphi inguqulo ye-iOS efakwe yifoni, kepha amamodeli afinyelele emakethe kusuka kuma-iPhone 5s kunzima kakhulu ukuvula kunamamodeli amadala, ngenxa yalokho i-Apple ekubiza ngokuthi yi-Secure Enclave, lapho iprosesa eyodwa isingatha ukubethela okusetshenziselwa ukuvula ifoni nokufinyelela uhlelo.