Apple CEO warns against device backdoors

Addressing criticism that the Apple Pencil is a stylus that users don’t need since their finger can do the same job, Cook told The Independent that the Apple Pencil has won over artists by going far beyond what a stylus can do.

“That means ensuring that companies themselves can access the content of communications on their networks when presented with a warrant, as many of them already do for their own business purposes, for example to target advertising”. However, if David Cameron doesn’t want a few of his colleagues to be spied on, he can simply throw his blanket of protection over them.

“If you leave a back door in the software, there is no such thing as a back door for good guys only”, Cook explained. Everybody wants to be secure.

He went on to say that by placing a back door into any program, it can be exploited by anyone, not just law enforcement.

The director of British intelligence agency GCHQ has claimed the assertion the new bill demanded a ban on encryption or encouraged vulnerabilities was a myth.

Policies that undermine data encryption would be bound to backfire, creating opportunities for hackers to steal people’s private information and even commit acts of terrorism by seizing control of trains and other key infrastructure, he said. The United Kingdom government meanwhile says the new law is necessary to keep the country safe.

Experts opine that a few parts of the new bill will give United Kingdom security services additional power, in comparison to that of USA security services.

He also says that the apps being developed envisage a much wider variety of activities being conducted via the television, which is another good sign as to the device’s future success and “will really change the living room entirely”.

“If you halt or weaken encryption, the people that you hurt are not the folks that want to do bad things”.

We believe very strongly in end-to-end encryption and no back doors, Cook said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph during a visit to Britain that comes after plans for a new Investigatory Powers Bill were outlined this month.

People can now use the “tap and go” technology for any transaction under £30, making it more likely to be used in restaurants and shops as well as cafes and newsagents.

I’m optimistic. When the public gets engaged, the press gets engaged deeply, it will become clear to people what needs to occur.

Cook added: “You can’t weaken cryptography”.