Apple's refusal to unlock individual iPhone devices linked to criminal cases has been heavily criticized by President Donald Trump. The US commander in chief tweeted that Apple was refusing to unlock iPhones "used by murderers, drug dealers, and other violent criminal elements." "You're going to have to get up and help a great country, NOW!" added the tweet.
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The news follows a statement made earlier this week by US Attorney General William Barr, who accused Apple of failing to assist in an investigation into a shooting that is considered a terrorist act. Barr said Apple had not provided "substantial assistance" to unlock two iPhones linked to an investigation into the murders of three US sailors at a naval base in Florida last year. Apple rejected the claim that it had not assisted officials in their investigation, noting that it had responded to seven separate legal requests from federal investigators as a result of the shooting. This included handing over "many gigabytes" of data to authorities, with iCloud backups, account information, and transactional data for various accounts all passed "Our responses to your numerous requests since the attack have been timely, thorough and continue," he said in a statement. Apple has clearly stated that you cannot access data on a device encrypted with a password without creating a specific "backdoor tool". Earlier this week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella criticized the growing use of backdoors in the technology industry, which is invading the privacy of users around the world. The US government and Apple have clashed several times in the past, including after a mass shooting that left 14 people dead in San Bernardino, California, where the Apple company refused to help authorities access the shooter's iPhone. .