Emkhakheni wokuthumela imiyalezo, izinkampani eziningi ngokwengeziwe zizinikele ekwethuleni imikhiqizo ukuze abasebenzisi bakwazi ukuxhumana ngemiyalezo. Kepha okwesikhashana manje, labo abafikayo benza kanjalo ngesici esisodwa esiyinhloko: ubumfihlo, into kuze kube yilolu suku kusenzima kancane ukuyithola kuzicelo ezijwayelekile, yize benethuba lokubethela kokuphela kokuphela kwezingxoxo. U-Edward Snowden, owaduma kakhulu ngenxa yokuveza ukusebenza kwe-NSA uma kukhulunywa ngokuhlola hhayi kuphela izakhamizi, kepha nakwamanye amazwe, naye usebenzisa lezi zinhlobo zezicelo, kepha hhayi ezejwayelekile.
Uhlelo lokusebenza olusetshenziswa kuphela ngu-Snowden ukuthumela imilayezo lubizwa nge-Signar, uhlelo lokusebenza olunokubethela kokuphela kokuphela njengenye yezindlela eziphephe kakhulu zokuxhumana ngaphandle kokwesaba ukuthi ohulumeni abehlukene bangafinyelela ezingxoxweni zethu. Lolu hlelo lokusebenza lubonile ukuthi selokhu ukunqoba kukaDonald Trump njengomongameli we-electro e-United States, okulandwayo kukhuphuke kakhulu.
Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, uTrump wazwakalisa ukungenami kwakhe nge-Apple ngokungafuni ukuvula umshini osetshenziswa amaphekula aqhuma ngamabhomu eSan Bernardino ngoDisemba nyakenye. Ngokusho kwe-FBI, i-terminal ingaba nezinto ezidingekayo ukuvikela ukuhlaselwa okuzayo. Isikhundla esiphikisana ne-Apple ngokwenqaba kwayo sisho ukuthi uma iphumelela okhethweni, ukulawula izakhamizi zayo kungaba kukhulu kakhulu kunokwamanje.
Isiginali ifike emakethe ngo-2015 futhi njengamanje Isinikeza izinhlobo ze-Android, i-iOS nesiphequluli se-Chrome futhi sekube ngesinye sezicelo ezisetshenziswa kakhulu yibo bonke abantu abafuna ukugwema ukulawulwa nokuqashwa kukahulumeni ngazo zonke izindlela.
