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Apple refuses to assist ED in accessing Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's iPhone data. Here's the reason
In his interrogation, Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal mentioned that if the ED were to access his iPhone data and conversations, they would gain insight into AAP's election plans and their alliances before the election.
Apple has allegedly refused to unlock and provide the Enforcement Directorate (ED) with access to the iPhone belonging to Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The tech giant headquartered in Cupertino has reportedly stated that the data can only be accessed via the password established by the device's owner.
The Indian Express cited insiders who stated that the Enforcement Directorate only discovered Rs 70,000 and four cellphones, one of which was the Chief Minister's, during their nocturnal search on the day of Kejriwal's detention on March 21. The Delhi Chief Minister is said to have turned off his iPhone and refused to disclose his passcode.
Why didn't Kejriwal share his iPhone's password with the ED?
According to the information, Kejriwal claimed during his interrogation that if his phone data and conversations were accessed, the ED would have insights into AAP's "election plans" and alliances before the voting.
Apple's track record of refusing to unlock devices for the police
Apple has previously denied unlocking a device when asked by a nation's investigative bodies.
In 2020, Apple declined to unlock the gadget of Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a second lieutenant in the Saudi Air Force, who killed three Americans at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. This incident was labeled an act of terrorism by US officials, and the FBI requested Apple's assistance in unlocking the device and providing the data for their inquiry.
Apple, nonetheless, declined to unlock the device but supplied the investigators with an array of information linked to Alshamrani. As more requests came in, Apple shared additional information such as details they could extract from iCloud backups, account details and transactional data from various accounts.
In a similar vein, back in 2016, a U.S. Federal Judge requested Apple's help to unlock the iPhones belonging to two individuals, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who were suspected of orchestrating the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino.
The court had requested Apple to offer "sensible tech support" to officials and devise a method to bypass Apple's feature that locks the phone after 10 failed password attempts, making the device's data unreachable. However, Apple once again refused to assist the FBI.
Why won't Apple decrypt devices for police agencies?
The CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, has consistently upheld the company's stance against such demands, referencing Apple's commitment to protect both user privacy and more crucially, civil freedom.
Cook, in an email to his staff, emphasised that the Farook case was not merely about a single phone or one investigation. He stated that upon receiving the government's order, they felt compelled to voice their concerns. Cook, along with the rest of Apple's top brass, has repeatedly made efforts to clarify that endorsing encryption doesn't equate to facilitating crime or endorsing terrorist activities.
Cook continued, stating that although Apple has "zero tolerance or empathy for terrorists," adhering to the Department of Justice's directives could establish a risky precedent.
The safety of personal information for hundreds of millions of law-abiding individuals is at risk, and a hazardous precedent that jeopardizes everyone's civil rights is being established, as stated by Cook in his email.
Apple holds the view that creating a loophole in their device encryption for the benefit of law enforcement could potentially be misused by cybercriminals, hackers, and other malicious entities.
Jane Horvath, the Senior Director of Global Privacy at Apple, has publicly stated that "end-to-end encryption is crucial to the services we depend on." Additionally, Horvath asserted that "creating a backdoor to encryption isn't the solution to the problems (investigating terrorists) we're facing."
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