Siyaqhubeka ezinsukwini eziningi kamuva sifaka izindaba mayelana necala eliphakathi kwe-FBI ne-Apple ngenxa ye-iPhone 5c ebandakanyeka ekuhlaselweni kweSan Bernardino (ngokuba ngelinye lamaphekula), uHulumeni wase-United States of America ayefuna i-Apple vula ukuhlola. Ekugcineni icala lashiywa lisesitokisini ngoba umuntu wesithathu othintekayo usize i-FBI ukuvula le iPhone, lapho ekugcineni bengatholanga lutho olufanele. Ukungabaza sekusondele kubize malini i-FBI ukuvula i-iPhone elahlekile, futhi ngokusho kokuvuza kwakamuva kungaba cishe isigidi samadola.
Ngokusho Reuters, okuphakathi okwazile ukuthola lolu lwazi, i-FBI ikhokhile cishe amadola ayizigidi ezingama-1,3 ukuthola ukufinyelela kule divayisi, okuhambisana nalokho okushiwoyo nguJames Comey, uMqondisi we-FBI. Inani elikhulu, ikakhulukazi uma sibheka izinto ezimbili, eyokuqala ephuma emaphaketheni abo bonke abantu baseMelika abakhokha intela yabo ngokwethembeka, eyesibili, njengoba uTim Cook abikezela, kwakungekho lwazi olufanele nhlobo ngecala ngaphakathi idivayisi. Kodwa-ke, kuma-ejensi athile e-United States of America, akukho mingcele uma nje izaba kungukuvikeleka kwezwe.
Kungekudala ngemuva kokuthi sifunde ukuthi idivayisi ye-iPhone 5c yayisebenzisa i-iOS 9, nokuthi ithuluzi elisetshenzisiwe lisebenza kuphela kumadivayisi avela ku-iPhone 5c emuva, okungukuthi, ngeke lisebenze ngokwesibonelo kuma-iPhone 5s noma okulandelayo. Yini enye, muva nje i-FBI yabelane ne-Apple yiliphi ithuluzi abalisebenzisile ukuvula le divayisi, okungenzeka ukuthi lizosiza i-Apple ukwenza ngcono ukuphepha kwamadivayisi abo futhi, into enelukuluku lapho i-FBI icela izinyanga ukuthi i-Apple ifake iminyango engemuva ohlelweni lwayo lokusebenza.