Inkampani yaseCupertino iphakathi nolunye uphenyo olukhulu lapho kuvulwa khona ama-iPhones amabili. Imicimbi kuleli cala yenzeke esikhungweni samasosha asePensacola (eFlorida) ngoDisemba 6, 2019 ngebhalansi ye kushone amatilosi amathathu aseMelika kwathi abayisishiyagalombili balimala, ukuhlaselwa okubhekwa njengombono we-jihadist yi-United States Attorney General, uWilliam Barr.
Kulokhu kuhlasela, ummangalelwa omkhulu nguMohammad Ashamrani, uLieutenant wamasosha aseSaudi owabulawa ngamaphoyisa ngosuku olufanayo lokuhlaselwa futhi wayephethe i-iPhone azama ukuyivula ukuze athole imininingwane eminingi kungenzeka. Kusuka kwa-Apple baphinde baqinisekise ukuthi banikeza lonke ulwazi oludingwa yiziphathimandla ezinekhono, ngaphezu kwalokho baziqhelelanisa namazwi ababasola ngokungafuni ukubambisana ocwaningweni.
Isitatimende sika-Apple ngalolu daba sicacile futhi sifushane futhi sichaza ukuthi babehlale bephendula izicelo zomthetho amaphoyisa azifuna kubo. Idatha ingezwe nangezipele ze-iCloud zomuntu obhekene nokuhlaselwa nazo zonke izinhlobo zolwazi kanye nedatha ye-akhawunti. Lokhu kukhishwa okutholwe yiCult of Mac medium kucacile futhi kuphikisana nokubambisana kuka-Apple ngaso sonke isikhathi neziphathimandla zezwe ocwaningweni:
Sibahlonipha kakhulu abomthetho futhi besilokhu sisebenza ngokubambisana ukusiza ekuphenyweni. Ngenkathi i-FBI isicela imininingwane ehlobene naleli cala ngenyanga edlule, sabanika yonke imininingwane ebesinayo futhi sizoqhubeka nokwenza kanjalo ngemininingwane esinayo. Siphendule zonke izicelo ngejubane elikhulu, imvamisa kungakapheli amahora, sabelana ngolwazi ne-FBI eJacksonville, ePensacola naseNew York. Imibuzo nokuthunyelwa kwalo lonke ulwazi kudluliselwe kubaphenyi. Esimweni ngasinye, siphendule ngalo lonke ulwazi ebesinalo.
Ukuze eCupertino bahlala kude nakho konke ukugxekwa bathola leli cala bachaza ngokusobala zonke izinyathelo abazithathile ukuhlanganyela ulwazi namaphoyisa, i-FBI nabanye. Ngokusobala njalo becabangela imithetho yabo mayelana nobumfihlo, into ehlala isebenza kwiziphathimandla zaseNyakatho Melika.