Today (19/1) Steve Jobs has announced that he is to take a medical leave of absence from his role as the CEO of Apple computers. In an ironic twist he has requested that people respect his privacy during this time.
This is Apple's way of admitting that prior to the worldwide launch of the Apple iPad the company gave details of the security encryption of this and the iPhone to the Israeli government while withholding it from the American government. This gave Mossad sole access to the personal data of Apple users while other countries battled to break the encryption. When you consider that the COP16 Summit was largely organised using a specialised Apple App this is actually quite a serious security issue. I can't comment on how other nations are progressing with the task of breaking the devices encryption but I know that Britain is still on the cusp of achieving it.
When you think about it this was pretty obvious. After all surely most men know to leave Angry Birds alone.
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