Ngemuva kwempi yakhe ne-FBI yobumfihlo, ebinomzuzu wayo wokulamula kakhulu endabeni ye-iPhone 5c yeSan Bernardino sniper, U-Apple usayine kabusha uJon Callas, unjiniyela wesoftware futhi uchwepheshe wezokuphepha owayesevele esebenzele i-Apple ngeminyaka yama-90s kwaze kwaba ngu-2009. UCallas waziwa nangokuthi ungumsunguli obambisene wezinsizakalo zokuxhumana ezibethelwe njengeSilent Circle neBlackphone noma inkampani i-PGP Corporation.
Isinqumo sikaTim Cook nenkampani sokuphinda bavuselele uCallas siza ngemuva nje kokuthi ziqale ukusabalala. amahemuhemu owathi i-Apple ifuna ukuyenza izinhlelo zokusebenza azingeneki (ngisho ne-Apple), yize, njengoba besho ngokwabo, lokhu bekungeke kwenzeke. Kunoma ikuphi, inhloso ka-Apple ukuhlala engaphambi kwabahlaseli futhi, ngenhlanhla, abomthetho abakwazi ukubacela usizo, ngoba abakwazanga ukukunikeza noma ngabe bafuna.
UJon Callas uzosebenzela ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha kwe-iOS ne-OS X
Ngokusho ReutersUCallas ungasohlangothini lwe-Apple futhi uphikisana nezinkampani ezingavuma ukwephula ukubethela kwazo ngokwesicelo esivela kuhulumeni, kepha ikholelwa ukuthi abaphathi bezomthetho kufanele bakwazi ukusebenzisa ubungozi be-software, njengendlela i-FBI eyisebenzise ukufinyelela I-iPhone 5c ye san bernardino sniper.
UCallas uthe uphikisana nezinkampani ezizinikele ekusetshenzisweni komthetho ukwephula ukubethela kwimikhiqizo yazo. Kepha wabuye wathi uyasisekela isiphakamiso sokuyekethisa lapho izisebenzi zomthetho ezinomyalelo wenkantolo zisebenzisa ubungozi besoftware obungadalulwanga ukungena ezinhlelweni zobuchwepheshe, kanye nokudalula ubuthakathaka ngemuva kokusetshenziswa ukuze zikwazi ukulungiswa.
Njengenjwayelo, yize umkhulumeli esevele ekubonile ukusayinwa, u-Apple unqabile ukudalula ukuthi yini ngempela uCallas azosebenza kuyo lapho ebuyela enkampanini yeCupertino. Esikhathini sakhe sangaphambilini e-Apple, unjiniyela wesoftware nochwepheshe wokubethela basebenze kwimikhiqizo yokuphepha ye-cryptographic ye-OS X ne-iOS.