My colleague Rachel Hall reports: “UK users will no longer have access to the advanced data protection (ADP) tool, which uses end-to-end encryption to allow only account holders to view items such as photos or documents they have stored online in the iCloud storage service.”.
My colleague Ed Pilkington reports: “Kash Patel, a devout Trump loyalist fresh off confirmation as director of the FBI, advised his employees not to heed the warning: ‘FBI personnel may have received an email from OPM requesting information.
Apple has long maintained it will never create a means to bypass its cryptographic protections, arguing that privacy is a fundamental right and that no government would be able to preserve a monopoly on an encryption backdoor.
Starmer’s government got what it claimed to want: access to iCloud data by law enforcement, albeit encumbered by the requirement of a warrant.
Apple seems to be betting that, faced with weakened security for any iPhone owner in the UK, Starmer’s forehand will not be strong enough to maintain his demand for a backdoor.
