[Sundar Pichai, Google CEO - Courtesy of Google]
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai has posted tweets on Thursday, which could be understood as he agrees with Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO over FBI encryption case.
Pichai’s comments mean a lot for Apple and for all users using Android smartphones. Apple had always said that the company does not look into their users’ email, iMessage, or any other personal data. But Google’s Android OS being an open software, and Google having its business based on its user’s data, it seemed that Google would have different insight looking into the FBI encryption case.
Pinchai’s tweets are listed below.
1/5 Important post by @tim_cook. Forcing companies to enable hacking could compromise users’ privacy
— sundarpichai (@sundarpichai) 2016년 2월 17일
2/5 We know that law enforcement and intelligence agencies face significant challenges in protecting the public against crime and terrorism
— sundarpichai (@sundarpichai) 2016년 2월 17일
3/5 We build secure products to keep your information safe and we give law enforcement access to data based on valid legal orders
— sundarpichai (@sundarpichai) 2016년 2월 17일
4/5 But that’s wholly different than requiring companies to enable hacking of customer devices & data. Could be a troubling precedent
— sundarpichai (@sundarpichai) 2016년 2월 17일
5/5 Looking forward to a thoughtful and open discussion on this important issue
— sundarpichai (@sundarpichai) 2016년 2월 17일
California court ordered Apple on Tuesday that the company help the FBI get encrypted data from San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone. FBI demanded backdoor software which could override iPhone’s security system, which the data is erased completely when wrong passcode is entered more than ten times.
According to Apple, FBI said the software is to be only used on the gunman’s iPhone for this occasion, but Apple’s answer was “No”. Cook wrote a long letter to Apple’s customers explaining why.
They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone. Specifically, the FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation. In the wrong hands, this software — which does not exist today — would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession." He wrote.
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