It was reported that the unencrypted kernel of the iOS10‘s first developer preview recently was the first iOS version that is known. It was yet to be known if this was done deliberately by the company or if this was just something which was just an error and in the operating system’s next beta version, it would be reverted. TechCrunch got a confirmation from Apple in regards to the fact that the move was said to be intentional pertaining to the kernel unencrypted version.

A spokesperson for Apple had provided an official statement explaining that there was no user information available in the kernel cache and the security had not been compromised. With the help of the unencrypted version, the optimization of the performance was better. For those who do not know the benefits of the kernel, well when it comes various things like security; it’s the kernel’s responsibility to check on how capable the apps are while they access the hardware of the device.

Jonathan Zdziarsk a security expert for iOS explained in detail that the recent battle between the FBI and the company could be one of the reasons as to why the company took the decision of making the kernel open. He also went on to say that when people are allowed to take a look at the coding of the kernel closely, it would weaken the groups which are similar to the one’s that the FBI had used to unlock the device of the San Bernardino case. Originally Apple hadbeen approached to unlock the device, however after it was known that there were third party companies that could help out, the plan had been dropped out.

The move that Apple has made is a transparent one and was also very surprising. By letting the Kernel open, there are hopes that there will be a lot of improvements that would be seen on the security and performance of the board.