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225 UK May Backtrack on Controversial Demand for Backdoor to Encrypted Apple User Data

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Hartley Charlton @ MacRumors · 07/20/2025 22:50 EDT

UK May Backtrack on Controversial Demand for Backdoor to Encrypted Apple User Data

The British government may be forced to drop its plans to force Apple to build a backdoor into encrypted user data, the Financial Times reports.


In February, it emerged that the British government had secretly demanded Apple gives it access to all encrypted user content uploaded to iCloud. It argued the ability, which is unprecedented for any other democratic country, was necessary for law enforcement and the security services to investigate serious crimes such as terrorism and child sexual abuse. In r

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