Privacy

US Senate draws in Datenstreit with Apple

In the tug-of-war between the U.S. government and Apple to encrypted user data, the US Senate backed down. The chief of the intelligence Committee, Burr, now wants but no law with threat of punishment.

U.S. Senator Richard Burr of the Republicans (right)

Apple and other High-Tech companies can now breathe a sigh of relief. The idea of an American law, the penalties for undertakings, the court orders to Decrypt customer data to disregard, is first from the table. The Chairman of the intelligence Committee of the US Senate, Richard Burr, have from the ideas of distance taken, said his spokeswoman Becca Watkins.

The “Wall Street Journal” had previously citing informed persons reported that Burr was working on such a bill. The newspaper had at the same time is limited, the plans of the Senators had not yet been finally formulated. Burrs Deputy, Dianne Feinstein, the Democrats had already said that there must be a way to convince companies, encrypted data herauszurücken. In the current case, it goes to the iPhone 5c by Syed Rizwan Farook, who together with his wife at the beginning of December 14 people in California’s San Bernardino shot. The Few, the terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IS) sworn Loyalty to.

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Apple was of a US judge has been instructed, the police, the FBI, the Unlock of the iPhone of the assassin and support. Among other things, the group is using a Software procedure, the function is switched off, all data deletes, when ten Times the wrong password has been entered. Apple rejects this and stated that such a Software develop at all, would be the security for all the weaknesses. It also interferes with the company on the legal basis for the claim. It is a law from the year 1789, the judges are generally permitted, all necessary measures for the fulfilment of the Right to organize. Apple warns that using a precedent on the Basis of this law the door for far-reaching interference in the privacy will be opened.

To the ranks of the technology company, the Apple for your solidarity promised, came meanwhile, Facebook and Twitter. The co-founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, turned behind Apple CEO Tim Cook. Also, Facebook is assured in a statement that it will “aggressively” against Attempts by struggling companies to weaken the security of their systems to force. The bosses of Google and the Kurzmitteilungsdienstes WhatsApp were already on the side of Cook. Apple got meanwhile, according to information from the financial service Bloomberg period until the 26. February, on the demand of the judge to respond. You had the group in its decision from 16. February, originally five days will be granted.

kle/uh (dpa, rtre, ape)