Apple Says It Didn't Create an iPhone Backdoor for the NSA, Was Unaware Its Products Were Targeted

Apple has issued an official statement on the revelation that the NSA has or had a backdoor to access nearly everything on the iPhone.
 

Yesterday we posted that about a secret NSA software implant called 'DROPOUTJEEP' which allowed the agency access to features including: remotely push/pull files from the device, SMS retrieval, contact list retrieval, voicemail, geolocation, hot mic, camera capture, cell tower location, etc. 

Jacob "@ioerror" Applebaum suggested that perhaps Apple installed this backdoor at their request.
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