In a statement, Apple said: ‘Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection (ADP) in the United Kingdom to new users and current UK users will eventually need to disable this security feature.
Dray Agha, senior manager of security operations at cybersecurity firm Huntress said: ‘Apple’s decision to pull Advanced Data Protection in the UK is a direct response to increasing Government demands for access to encrypted user data.
Apple will remove its highest level of data protection from UK iPhones after the British government reportedly demanded it have access to user data.
The statement explained that 14 types of data that can be stored on its iCloud service will still be end-to-end encrypted, including health data, and communication tools such as iMessage and FaceTime.
‘ADP protects iCloud data with end-to-end encryption, which means the data can only be decrypted by the user who owns it, and only on their trusted devices.
