Apple fights UK over encryption back door because US officials warn against personal data protection

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The Great Britain’s leaders have met with their American counterparts to clarify that their request for encrypted data at ICloud Apple is not a flat demand; Instead, they only seek access to the data associated with individuals already involved in crimes such as terrorism, according to Bloomberg.

People who are familiar with this matter have said that they emphasized that British officials emphasized independent orders for each approach request, strictly tied to an investigation into a serious crime in the UK, refused to seek powers to access the reason, especially the right of us.

Apple fights back, encryption for users in the UK

In February, the United Kingdom applied for a way to gain access to use information covered by advanced data protection, the optional security layer introduced in 2022. The domestic secretary’s authority has triggered the 2016 law. The law also Apple from public publication of the application, issued as a notification of technical abilities or expresses its concerns to the public and effectively imposes the order of the gag on the company.

In Apple responsible, he undertook events a few weeks later and removed access to the encryption function of ADP for facilities for British devices. IPhone, iPad and Mac users in the country cannot sign up for ADP for a long time, and existing users must deactivate it manually to maintain iCloud access.

TULSI, US National Intelligence Director, warned that British requirements may break the cloud law that limits foreign government from direct access to encrypted data stored by US companies.

US lawmakers warn against freedom of expression and the risks of privacy

At the beginning of this month, Apple challenged the legality of the UK government requirements and claimed that compliance would endanger the privacy of users and determine the dangerous precedent.

“There is no reason why the United Kingdom (government) should have the power to decide for the citizens of the world where it can be, these are the advantages of lessons that result from encryption of end-to-end,” Apple wrote in the show to Parliament. The situation, which is issued as responsible for the offer of changes to the Act on the United Kingdom of Investigative Participants, did not directly confirm the existence of the notification of technical ability.

Gabbard also raised concerns about the effective gag of the 2016 Power Investigative Powerers Act, which was a research of Biparisan a group of US lawmakers this week. They urged the United Kingdom to “eliminate the messes of the secrets” surrounding the order and claim that “it violates the rights to freedom of the expression of American societies and disturb the power and obligation of the congress supervision of national security issues.”

As the first term of President Donald Trump, as President of the FBI, she protested advanced data protection against similar fears, considers the inability to enforce the right to access encrypted data – the obstacle that the United Kingdom is now attempting. Meanwhile, technology companies as Apple warn that the creation of a backdoor would increase the risk of abuse by criminals and authoritarian governments.

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