{"id":140973,"date":"2018-06-14T06:25:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T06:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/apple-to-close-iphone-security-loophole-used-by-police\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T06:25:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T06:25:11","slug":"apple-to-close-iphone-security-loophole-used-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/apple-to-close-iphone-security-loophole-used-by-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to close iPhone security loophole used by police"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Official seal of the FBI is seen on an iPhone&#039;s camera screen on February 23, 2016 in Washington DC\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/17C97\/production\/_102013479_gettyimages-511896820.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Getty Images<figcaption>Image caption                                      The FBI took Apple to court in 2016 to try to get access to a killer&#039;s iPhone                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Apple says it is to change the default settings of its iPhone to stop hackers and others unlocking devices without proper legal authorisation.<\/p>\n<p>The move will also make it more difficult for police to unlock handsets without authorisation.<\/p>\n<p>However, Apple denied the changes were designed to thwart US law enforcement.  <\/p>\n<p>The company has been a prominent opponent of US legislation to force technology companies to maintain access to users&#039; communications. <\/p>\n<p>Police forces say that being able to unlock iPhones and iPads is crucial to their work.<\/p>\n<p>But in 2016 Apple refused to help police unlock a phone used by a gunman who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California.    <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>San Bernardino phone hack &#039;cost FBI more than $1m&#039;<\/li>\n<li>FBI pressured on cost of iPhone hack tool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&quot;We&#039;re constantly strengthening the security protections in every Apple product to help customers defend against hackers, identity thieves and intrusions into their personal data,&quot; Apple said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We have the greatest respect for law enforcement, and we don&#039;t design our security improvements to frustrate their efforts to do their jobs.&quot;<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Getty Images<figcaption>Image caption                                      Many iPhone users were alarmed by the idea of law enforcement being able to access handsets                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The changes to the default settings of the iPhone are intended to stop unauthorised access to the phones via the USB port.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, a court order demanded that Apple help the FBI unlock the phone used by San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook.<\/p>\n<p>The company resisted and the FBI eventually paid experts to develop technology that unlocked the phone.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has never named the security firm or group of hackers who did the work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption The FBI took Apple to court in 2016 to try to get access to a killer&#039;s iPhone Apple says it is to change the default<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}