Apple vs FBI: Why FBI might be benefit more than Apple?

Apple vs the FBI: Why FBI might be benefit more than Apple? 

Apple, with its strong presence in security over years now, has been public about how security measures are never ending and unwilling to pay up financially for exploits.

As apple products have gained wide market share since customers believe in the credibility of the tech giant in entrusting the security of their personal data in their phones, Apple have become a bait for criminals and spies. For all steps undertaken by Apple to encrypt their customers' communications and privacy, industry standard security experts are still adamant about how the company was still doing very less than their competitors to seal their systems from hackers.

When an unnamed third-party went to the FBI directly to unlock the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone than to Apple themselves, the security industry was hardly surprised. In a new court filing, the disclosure by the federal government of the United States said that an unknown third-party had approached it and not Apple, to help open the controversial shooter's iPhone only highlights how the hardware giant counters bugs and security differently from the rest of the industry. According to the US Department of Justice, if this method works; it should eliminate the need for assistance from Apple, it said in its filing.

The two sides however have been in a lock-down over this issue since the last month, with Apple receiving a court order demanding the company to help the law enforcement officials to gain access to the data stored in it.

Apple have opposed the order, countering that it could compromise the security and privacy of its customers and the strength of security in their devices. Exploits in apple have increased over time with the last hit being targeted for their mac products with compromises in security of all the users. When hackers do find out flaws in security, they have very little or no incentive to approach them to be fixed.

With a large ecosystem of third parties contracting willing hackers who get paid handsomely, Apple themselves are yet to give substantial credit because when hackers do discover serious flaws in the products, the maximum effort by apple maybe to enlist their names on the company website if that's all it is.

The immediate rise of a third part out of nowhere, was in fact a surprise for everybody as the government was clear in court filings that such a device could be unlocked only with the help of Apple.