Kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka, u-Apple ubelokhu elwa ne-FBI, impi okungukuthi ngokusho kokuvuza kwamuva ayikapheli, njengoba i-ejensi kahulumeni iqhubeka nokugcizelela ukuthi inkampani eseCupertino ivule amadivayisi amaningi, azihlobene nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eSan Bernardino ngoDisemba odlule.
Kokubili i-FBI kanye nomnyango wamaphoyisa waseLos Angeles bakwazile ngokusebenzisa abantu besithathu ukufinyelela kumatheminali ayevinjiwe sibonga ukuphepha okusetshenziswe yi-Apple kumadivayisi ayo eselula. I-iOS ikhombisile ukuthi iphephile kepha hhayi i-100% futhi inkampani ifuna ukuthola isisombululo sale nkinga. Noma okungenani kwenze kube nzima kakhulu kubaduni abazama ukukufinyelela.
Futhi ukuzama ukuthuthukisa hhayi kuphela ukuphepha kwe-iOS kepha ne-OS X, i-Apple ibuyise kabusha uJon Callas a unjiniyela we-software kanye nochwepheshe wezokuphepha owayekade esebenza kule nkampani kuma-90s naku-2000s, kepha wayishiya inkampani iminyaka eyi-7. Kepha uJon Callas akaziwa nje ngomsebenzi wakhe e-Apple, futhi ungumsunguli wezinkonzo zokuxhumana ezibethelwe njengeBlackphone noma inkampani ye-PGP Corporation.
Ngokusobala, isinqumo sokuphinda usebenzise uCallas sithathwe nguTim uqobo, ofuna ukwenza ngcono ukuvikeleka kwezinhlelo zakhe eziyinhloko zokusebenza ngangokunokwenzeka: i-iOS ne-OS X, ukuze noma ngubani ongumngani wabanye acabange kabili ngaphambi kokuntshontsha enye yalezi amadivayisi wenkampani. Kepha akafuni omunye umuntu ngaphandle komnikazi ofanelekile ozokwazi ukufinyelela kule divayisi, kubandakanya nenkampani esekwe eCupertino uqobo. Noma kumangaza ngokwanele, U-Apple uziqinisekisile lezi zindaba ezishicilelwe yiReuters, abafana baseCupertino abafunanga ukuqinisekisa isizathu salokhu kuqashwa.