Apple is right not to bow down to the UK government's encryption backdoor request - but users should still be angry
Apple refused the request, doubling down on its promise to never build a master key to any service - but didn't stop there, and pulled the service from users altogether, meaning as of February 2025, ...
Apple Says ‘No’ to UK Backdoor Order, Will Disable E2E Cloud Encryption Instead
A backdoor into iCloud end-to-end encryption would defeat the purpose of the feature, so Apple is pulling it from the UK ...
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Apple Has Removed Its Cloud Encryption Feature from the UK Following the Backdoor Order
With the UK government bent on sideling end-to-end encryption, Apple has resorted to removing its prestigious cloud ...
Apple Warns UK iPhone Owners It Will Remove Encryption Protection
Apple has just removed Advanced Data Protection for iCloud Users in the U.K. Here’s what it means and why it’s a big change ...
UK users are losing a key Apple security feature, raising questions about the future of privacy
Apple users in the United Kingdom will no longer have access to a key data security feature for iCloud storage: Advanced Data Protection. It’s a relatively small change, but privacy experts worry it ...
Encryption ‘back doors’ are a bad idea
The British and Swedish demands are much wider. Using its Investigatory Powers Act — which critics have dubbed a “Snoopers’ ...
Why Apple Turned Off Advanced Data Protection in the UK (and What It Means for Everyone)
Apple is reportedly refusing to let the UK government into its end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups—so Advanced Data ...