The long battle between Apple and government-ordered encryption of devices has led Apple to suggest the creation of a government panel on the issue in relation to the San Bernardino shooting.
On Monday, Apple Inc. suggested the formation of a panel that will hopefully ease the tension between the technology giant and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Tim Cook, Apple Chief Executive, sent a letter addressed to Apple employees stating the company's hard stance on not creating a software that will be used to unlock phone that is said to be used by one of the San Bernardino shooting. Cook added that if the company makes the software, it will lead to security issues for all iPhone users and not only for the device that was linked to the attack.
"This case is about much more than a single phone or a single investigation. At stake is the data security of hundred of millions of law-abiding people, and setting a dangerous precedent that threatens everyone's civil liberties," wrote Cook in the email intended for Apple employees, as reported by Reuters.
While Apple is stating the importance of protecting their clients' privacy, James Comey, FBI Director, thinks that unlocking the device will help push "justice" to the table with regards to the victims of the shooting.
"Fourteen people were slaughtered and many more had their lives and bodies ruined. We owe them a thorough and professional investigation under law. That's what this is," said Comey in an article published in Lawfare, a national security legal blog.
Last week, a federal judge has already ordered the tech giant to create the software and perform other steps to squeeze data out from the locked mobile phone that belonged to Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the shooters involved in the attack in San Bernardino.
