In a statement, Apple said: "Apple has never worked with the NSA to create a back door in any of our products, including iPhone.
The problem: But once you create a back door to bypass encryption for law enforcement purposes, it weakens security for everyone, everywhere.
It doesn't make sense to weaken standards on vaults worldwide to create a back door that anyone can walk into.
But instead of working to make sure that America's communications networks are as secure as possible, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's plan would create a back door that could be exploited by foreign governments, identity thieves and corporate spies.
Britain will seek a series of waivers for goods and people crossing the Northern Ireland border under new plans that risk creating a "back door" with the European Union after Brexit.
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At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas last week, Jonathan Brossard demonstrated software that can be hidden deep inside the hardware of a PC, creating a back door that would allow secret remote access over the Internet.
At the Black Hat security conference in August last year, for example, a researcher named Jonathan Brossard demonstrated software that can be burned into the hardware of a PC, creating a back door that would allow secret remote access over the internet.
When Apple instituted end-to-end encryption in the operating system for the new iPhone, its chief executive, Tim Cook, said he would not create a back door or a front door for law enforcement or the N.S.A. to get access to such data.
"By making a human click on a link or open up a file, the attackers can run their own malicious code, which often creates a back door into the network". That establishes a foothold from which attackers can control their activities in that environment.
