"The U.S. spy on iPhone» Apple in the storm of DataGate, but ... - The Messenger

The 007 U.S. “spy” the iPhone. Or at least they did in the past, as evidenced by new cards from the “mole” of Datagate, Edward Snowden, published by the German weekly Der Spiegel.
The document that embarrasses, and not least, Apple, back to 2008. Shows the existence of a program of the National Security Agency (NSA) called “Dropout Jeep.” Through a sophisticated software installed on smartphones from Cupertino, the powerful intelligence agency would be able to access all personal data stored on the iPhone: from the directory to the list of contacts. But it would also have been able to read text messages, intercept e-mails, and even listen to messages recorded on the answering machine and activate both the microphone and the camera of the phone. Moreover, the software “spy” would allow the 007 federal locate people using the iPhone with an almost unerring precision through the signals sent to the repeaters from various app installed on your phone.

At the headquarters of the company founded by Steve Jobs do not fit, and the contents of the new leak is flatly denied. Or at least he denies any involvement: “Apple has never worked with the NSA to create a secret access to software products, including the iPhone,” he said in a statement, which also highlights how the company is “unaware of programs that have been focused on their products.” It then tries to reassure users about the absolute safety of the latest models of the iPhone and the latest version of the software used by Apple, the iOS 7.

New documents published by Snowden, in fact, date back to more than five years ago, when the model was in vogue the iPhone 3, which used an operating system been surpassed. But at this point – stress in many – even the doubts on the reliability of the new generation iPhone are legitimate, although experts point out that the existing machinery for the security of your smartphone and for the protection of privacy is almost invulnerable. Not only are the devices of Apple, however, would be brought under control by the NSA. From the papers of the “mole” of Datagate it emerges as the intelligence agency in recent years have targeted the homes of other hi-tech products, such as those from Cisco Systems. Not just phones but also laptops and tablets, which would be “craccati” thanks to the action of Tao (Tailored Acces Operation), the special unit of the National Security Agency, whose motto is “Achieve the impossible.” A group of “supergeni” of the Web able to access any kind of information travels in cyberspace, summoned to the targeted operations, where there fail all the other tools of the powerful spy agency.