v"As we have said before, Apple has never worked with any government agency from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products of services," Apple said in a statement.
Forensic scientist Jonathan Zdziarski revealed a plethora of backdoors and surveillance mechanisms built into the iOS devices.
Zdziarski, who is also an author, spoke at the Hackers On Planet Earth conference in New York and shot down all of Apple's denials about security and association with the NSA.
Apple denied his claims.
"We have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues," the tech-giant said.
"A user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic data. The user must agree to share this information, and data is never transferred without their consent."
"I am not suggesting some grand conspiracy. There are, however, some services running in iOS that shouldn't be there, that were intentionally added by Apple as part of the firmware and that bypass backup encryption while copying more of your personal data than ever should come off the phone for the average consumer." Said Zdziarski.
"My hope is that Apple will correct the problem. Nothing less, nothing more. I want these services off my phone. They don't belong there."
What do you think? Is Apple allowing the NSA to backdoor into our devices or should there be nothing to worry about?
