Apple is once again in the middle of a controversy regarding the use of encryption on iPhones after the FBI requested the company to break into two password-protected smartphones used by the shooter in the Florida naval base attack last month.
While Apple said it was working with investigators on providing them with the data in its possession, the company suggested it won’t hack into the iPhones to extract more data.
This is the position the company has expressed in 2015 as well, when the FBI also wanted Apple to unlock the iPhone used by the San Bernardino attacker.
Speaking at CES as part of a rare appearance for Apple, Jane Horvath, the company’s chief privacy officer, explained that the tough encryption is used to protect customers, especially as the data stored on their iPhones is prone to unauthorized access in case the device is lost.
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