The legal dispute that Apple is currently facing with the FBI seems to be getting along well, given how well two institutions that have taken their disagreement to court can handle it. But the activist Edward Snowden appeared in a conference using words that are no longer so measured, going so far as to affirm that the FBI request is "stupid"Although the English word is a little less bland: "bullshit," which according to what a South American person I knew told me can be more directly translated as "bullshit."
Why does Snowden say that? According to the activist, the FBI can unlock iPhone 5c from one of the San Bernardino snipers without the help of apple, which shows that US law enforcement does not intend for Tim Cook and company to help them unlock a single phone of a specific terrorist, but to create a precedent or pressure for both Apple and other technology companies to facilitate access to them. any device using special software or weakening the security of operating systems.
Edward Snowden confirms that the FBI does not want to unlock just one phone
The FBI says Apple has the "unique necessary technique" to unlock the phone. With all due respect, that's bullshit.
Snowden has already described on another occasion how the FBI could physically extract the security code from the iPhone chip and has now linked to an explanation of how law enforcement could skip the auto-erase function of data. The method is available on the ACLU web page and states that the number of attempts is saved in the device's NAND flash memory.
All the FBI needs to do to avoid any irreversible self-erasing is to copy that flash drive before attempting to enter the security code 10 times. That way you can try again indefinitely, because you can restore the NAND flash memory from your backup.
It is clear that, as time goes by, it goes eroding the credibility of the FBI. Even at this point I imagine that those who are on the side of the law enforcement and against Apple in this case will begin to doubt. Leaving a door open, it is 100% certain that they will end up robbing me or doing something worse to me. The question is "Why is the FBI asking me to leave my front door open when it knows you can get in through a window?"