UK Orders Apple To Open Up Encrypted Messages Worldwide
Apple may scrap end-to-end encryption in the UK in response to government demands for a backdoor giving access to encrypted iCloud backups.
UK secretly orders Apple to let it spy on users worldwide
The UK government has issued an order to Apple telling it to allow officials full access to any iCloud content belonging to any user across the globe.
Report: UK Orders Apple to Disable E2E Encryption on iCloud Backups Worldwide
A secret order would compel Apple to build a back door into its most secure iCloud backup option, The Washington Post reports.
UK orders Apple to let it access everyone’s encrypted data
Not only is Apple unable to either confirm or deny that it has been told to create this back door, but the UK Home Office will not do so either. Making this worse, while Apple can appeal the demand, it can only do so in a secret court and must deliver the demanded access even before that appeal is heard.
Apple now boasts 2.35 billion active users worldwide
Based on Apple’s latest earnings call, Apple is claiming that it now has 2.35 billion active users, the highest its ever had.
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.
Apple’s Dilemma in UK Over Encryption Alarms Privacy Experts
The UK government’s attempt to get Apple Inc. to build a backdoor into customer data stored on its cloud system is alarming privacy advocates and US government leaders who warn that the move could expose users’ information worldwide.
Apple hit by UK ‘Snoopers’ Charter’ order on encrypted cloud data
The British government has ordered Apple to grant secret access to its customers’ encrypted cloud storage data using controversial surveillance powers known as the “Snoopers C
UK orders Apple to open up users' encrypted cloud data, report says
Britain has ordered Apple to give it unprecedentedly broad access to encrypted user data stored on Apple's data cloud, the Washington Post newspaper reported on Friday.
Apple Now Has More Than 2.35 Billion Active Devices Worldwide
There are more than 2.35 billion active iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other Apple devices worldwide, Apple CEO Tim Cook said ...
UK Government Reportedly Demands Access to Encrypted iCloud Files Worldwide
As reported by The Washington Post, Apple received notice of a possible request in March 2024, but the official ask occurred in January 2025.
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