According to Jonathan Zdziarski has cracked the Apple operating system the Californian company would have equipped the smartphone undocumented functions that allow unauthorized people to connect wirelessly taking pictures, text messages and other information. Dry the denial of the Cupertino company: "iOS designed to protect the privacy"
Speaking at a conference of computer experts, Zdziarski explained that Apple could have added these features to allow the activities of the National Security Agency and law enforcement in general. Zdziarski has stated that it is not certain of his statements, but some of the services discovered can have no other purpose than to collect data from anyone who uses the devices of Apple.
Apple's answer came via the Financial Times. A spokesman for the Cupertino company has explained that: "iOS has been designed so that diagnostic information will not compromise the privacy and safety. This information, however, can still provide useful data to corporate IT departments, developers and Apple(cell phone cases) for the resolution of technical problems. The user must unlock your device and agree to trust another computer before the diagnostic information are accessible. The user must agree to share the information never transferred without his consent. As we have said in recent months, Apple has never worked with any government agency of any country to create backdoors in any product or service. "
According to the expert in the network also known with the nick of NerveGas, the service that raises the most concern is known as com.apple.mobile.file_relay and allows to steal a large amount of data, including the e-mail account, Twitter , iCloud, and other services, as well as a complete copy of the directory, the user's cache, logs geographic locations and photos. All this without even the effort to enter a password to access the data. Two other services such as com.apple.pcapd and com.apple.mobile.house_arrest may have legitimate uses for app developers, but also be used to spy on users.
The service Pcapd, for example, allows you to monitor all traffic on the wireless network. House_arrest, however, allows copying files and sensitive documents from Twitter, Facebook, and many other applications. "I can not find a better word to describe this type of backdoor file". There's a lot of stuff insecure that runs on the mobile phone that offers the possibility to access the data. "Apple really needs to fix things." However, even the expert admits that the possibility of access to user data is not an easy task. If it is true that the functions are within easy reach and excellent skills it takes more than the combination of the iPhone or iPad with an electric battery charger.
A foavore Apple is the fact that until now the company has publicly expressed his opposition to the practices of NSA. In January, the CEO Tim Cook had called on Congress to transparency and respect for consumers insisting that there had never been any cooperation with the NSA. "There is no backdoor. The government does not have access to our servers "had dicharato the CEO in an interview with ABC. But in the U.S. the level of care remains high.
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