Apple could be forced to spy on people through their iPhone camera and microphone if it complies with a government request, one of its executives has claimed.
If the company is required to unlock an iPhone 5c that was used by one of the San Bernardino killers, it could set a precedent that would allow for complete invasion of people's lives, Apple's head of services Eddy Cue has said.
The government and FBI have said that Apple should unlock the phone just in this case. But Apple has argued that doing so would require writing dangerous software that could be used on other handsets, as well as setting a dangerous legal precedent that would hand over power to the US government. That same precedent could be used to break into phones and use them to spy on their owners, Cue said. "Someday they will want (Apple) to turn on (a user's) camera or microphone," he said to Univision. "We can't do that now, but what if we're forced to do that? Where will this stop?... Some day, someone will be able to turn on a phone's microphone. That should not happen in this country," Cue added.
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