Kubukeka njengokuthile okuvela kwi-spy movie, kepha kungokoqobo, uma sikholwa yilokho owayenguchwepheshe we-Apple akuchaze. Ulandise ngezinwele nangezimpawu ukuthi yena neqembu elincane lozakwabo eCupertino basize kanjani uhulumeni wase-US ukudala amayunithi we iPods "Ikhetheke kakhulu" futhi "yimfihlo ephezulu."
Lokhu kwenzekile edlule iminyaka 15. Kuyaxaka ukucabanga ukuthi izinhloli zaseMelika zisebenze no-Apple kuphrojekthi eyimfihlo kakhulu. Ngingathanda ukwazi ukuthi namuhla i-Apple nayo iyasebenzisana yini ne-American "National Security".
Kubukeka kunjalo I-Apple ibambisene nohulumeni wase-United States kwi-iPod "eyimfihlo" eguquliwe, njengoba ithunyelwe ngunjiniyela wangaphambilini we-Apple uDavid Shayer ku TidBits.
UShayer ulandisa indaba ethakazelisa kakhulu kusukela ngo-2005. Uthi umqondisi wesoftware yakwa-Apple iPod wamcela ukuthi "asize onjiniyela ababili boMnyango Wezamandla wase-US bakhe i-iPod ekhethekile." Onjiniyela empeleni babeyizisebenzi zika Bechtel, inkampani enkulu yezokuvikela yaseMelika.
Abantu abane kuphela e-Apple babazi iphrojekthi ngaleso sikhathi. Akekho kubo osebenza kule nkampani futhi, futhi kwakungekho mkhondo wemibhalo ebhaliwe. Konke ukuxhumana kwenzeke mathupha, awekho ama-imeyili, awekho amaphepha.
Ithimba lisungule ukuguqula i-iPod ukurekhoda idatha kusuka kwihardware yangaphandle yangokwezifiso. Isabelo bekuwukuthi kufanele ibukeke futhi isebenze njenge-iPod ejwayelekile, futhi phatha imininingwane eyengeziwe efihliwe kwi-hard drive ye-iPod ukuze kungabonakali.
Indima enkulu kaShayer kulo msebenzi bekukwengamela noma yiluphi usizo oludingekayo eMnyangweni Wezamandla wakwa-Apple. Abasebenzi bakwaBechtel banikezwe ihhovisi ekomkhulu le-Apple, futhi izinyanga ezimbalwa bafundiswa ukuzulazula nokushintsha uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-iPod olwalukhona ngaleso sikhathi.
Idivayisi ethile elungisiwe bekuyi-iPod yesizukulwane sesihlanuIkhethelwe ikheyisi yayo evuleka kalula nedrayivu enkulu engu-60GB. Kwakuyi-iPod yokugcina i-Apple engazange isayine kuyo uhlelo lwedijithali, okuvumela ukuguqulwa kwesoftware kube lula.
UShayer akakaze ayibone mathupha i-hardware eyengeziwe, kepha ukholelwa ukuthi i-iPod yashintshwa ukuze isebenze njenge- «imfihlo geiger counter«. Kucatshangwa ukuthi umshini onjalo ungaba wusizo olukhulu kuMnyango Wezamandla lapho wenza imisebenzi ecashile ukuqoqa ubufakazi bokuthi imisebe ye-radioactivity, okuthiwa yenziwe emazweni angaphandle, bese ikwazi ukudlulisa imininingwane efihlwe ngaphakathi kwe-iPod.