APPLE is rolling out new privacy protections for iPhones and iPads, with a new system that makes it impossible for the company to unlock a device even with a warrant.
Apple’s privacy terms, which were updated overnight, indicate that under its new mobile operating system iOS 8, the company will not have access to customer passwords.“Your personal data such as photos, messages (including attachments), email, contacts, call history, iTunes content, notes, and reminders, is placed under the protection of your passcode,” the new policy on Apple’s website says.
“Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access this data. So it’s not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8.”
The iOS 8 operating system is available on the iPhone 6, which goes on sale on Friday, and can be installed on many existing iPhones and iPads.
The update comes in the wake of revelations of massive government surveillance programs that sweep up data from computers and other devices.
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