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UK Govt issues secret order to gain Apple users' data

Author
Paul Stenhouse ,
Publish Date
Sat, 8 Feb 2025, 11:32am
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UK Govt issues secret order to gain Apple users' data

Author
Paul Stenhouse ,
Publish Date
Sat, 8 Feb 2025, 11:32am

The UK government is trying to get eyes on your iPhone data – regardless of where you live 

Reporting from the Washington Post says the UK government has issued a secret order to Apple to effectively give it backdoor access to all the data, even the encrypted data that it stores in iCloud.     

It's an offense for a company to reveal they've received this type of order, under the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act of 2016. Apple is expected to stop offering encrypted backups in the UK, but if it also meets the demand to offer a backdoor to encrypted data, then other nations like the US and China are likely to ask for the same thing. 

While the position from most law enforcement has been that it makes it easier for terrorists and child abusers to hide, the US, Canada, Australia, and NZ are now in favour of encryption to stop Chinese hackers.  

  

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