Ngo-Agasti odlule, iJaji Lesifunda sase-United States uLucy H. Koh waxosha a icala lesenzo lesigaba ngokumelene ne-Apple yabasebenzisi abake baba ne-iPhone phambilini abathi le milayezo ayifinyelelanga kubo ngoba sebeshintshele ku-Android. Icala lisola ukuthi i-Apple iphazamise ukulethwa kwemiyalezo futhi inecala ngqo le ukulahleka kolwazi yalaba basebenzisi. Abamangali abathathu baqhubekile nezimangalo ngazinye eziphikisana ne-Apple, kepha nabo abaphumelelanga.
Laba bamangali abathathu basola ukuthi i-Apple yephula umthetho weFederal Law (iFederal Wire Tap Act) ngu nqamula imilayezo yakho. Inkantolo ibuye yanquma ukuwachitha la macala amathathu futhi, njengoba singafunda ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kweBhizinisi, kubonakala sengathi kunezizathu ezinhle kakhulu. Futhi ngukuthi, ngokusobala, lezi zimfuno ezintathu zokugcina azikhulumi lonke iqiniso.
U-Apple ucele ukuthi amacala amabili kwamathathu achithwe ngoba belahle i-iPhone yabo ngemuva kokufaka icala ku-Apple. Ngokuya nge-Apple, lokhu kwenza kube nzima ukukhombisa ukuthi ngabe SMS babethunyelwe efonini yakho ye-Apple noma efonini yakho ye-Android. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abamangali abathathu kwakungabantu abashadile nomngani womndeni, into okungenzeka yenza ijaji licabange ukuthi la macala womathathu ayengamanga futhi bezama ukuhlomula ngokwehluleka kwabezindaba kohlelo lwemiyalezo yakwa-Apple.
Isiphazamisi esithinte abasebenzisi sikhononda ngabasebenzisi abavinjelwe ababenikeze i-iPhone yabo idivayisi ye-Android ngaphandle kokukhubaza kuqala iMessage ekutholeni imiyalezo ku-terminal yabo entsha. Yize i-Apple ikhiphe ithuluzi lewebhu ukulungisa le nkinga, kunconywa ukuthi ukhubaze iMessage ngaphambi kokuqala ukusebenzisa noma iyiphi enye idivayisi. Incomo yomuntu siqu, ikakhulukazi uma ungenabo oxhumana nabo abaningi abayisebenzisayo, lokho ungaxhumanisi iMessage kunombolo yakho ifoni, etholakala ngokukhansela isaziso esivela lapho senza i-iPhone isebenze njengensha. Usazokwazi ukusebenzisa iMessage nge-ID yakho ye-Apple futhi mhlawumbe ngeke sihlangabezane nenkinga echazwe kule ndatshana.