Medvedev accuses Apple of lying because of statements about refusal to cooperate with special services

Big tech companies are lying when they claim they don’t work with government intelligence agencies. This statement was made by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.

“When any, even the largest technology company, says that for ideological reasons it refuses to cooperate with the national intelligence community, this means one of two things: a) it is shamelessly lying or b) it is about to close. Miracles do not happen,” he said (cit. according to TASS).

According to Medvedev, this applies to both Apple “with iOS closed to all users” and Samsung “with Android open for third-party applications.”

June 1 FSB of Russia informed about the disclosure of a US intelligence campaign using a virus on Apple mobile devices. According to the FSB, several thousand smartphones of the brand were infected. In addition to Russian users, the special service also found a virus on the gadgets of foreign subscribers using SIM cards registered with diplomatic missions and embassies in Russia. We are talking about infecting the devices of employees of the diplomatic departments of NATO countries and the post-Soviet space, as well as Israel, Syria and China.

After that Apple statedthat does not cooperate with the US intelligence agencies and any government of another country. The company has never worked with any government to implement a backdoor in any Apple product and will never do so.