Force Apple to comply with a court order to it helps the FBI to access the contents of an iPhone could open a “Pandora’s box” to “negative consequences” in the world, said Friday the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human rights.
the US federal police (FBI) application using Apple’s iPhone to unlock one of the attackers of the shooting of San Bernardino (California). This attack by a couple of radicalized Muslims had killed 14 people early December.
“In order to solve a security problem relating to encryption of data in a particular case, the authorities may open the Pandora’s box, with implications that could be extremely damaging to the human rights of millions of people, including their physical and financial security, “said Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, in a statement.
Only the owner of the famous phones inviolable has the encryption key and Apple is reluctant to create software that would provide access to its customer data, even if the request comes from American justice.
the case has created a major split between those who believe that the user of an electronic device such as a smartphone should be able to keep their information private by locking, and those who feel that legitimate surveys forces the order should prevail.
“a success in the case against Apple in the United States set a precedent that might make it impossible for Apple or any other major international IT company to protect the privacy of its customers worldwide, “warned Mr. Zeid.
” it could be a gift to authoritarian regimes and hackers, “he ruled.
high Commissioner ensures that the FBI “deserves the full support of everyone in its investigation of the murders of San Bernardino,” but that “there are many other ways to investigate and find out if the murderers had accomplices outside force Apple to create software to weaken the security features of its own phones. ”
“I recognize that this case is far from over at the judicial level and I call on all parties concerned not to be limited only to review the merits of the case but also consider the wider impact it could have, “he added, noting that the encryption tools are widely used in the world, including by advocates of human rights, civil society, journalists , whistleblowers and political dissidents “who risk persecution and harassment”.
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