Apple has withdrawn its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) service for UK users amid government pressure to access encrypted user data. This decision means that stored data on iCloud, which was previously secured by end-to-end encryption, will now be accessible to Apple and potentially law enforcement with appropriate warrants. Apple expressed disappointment at this development, reaffirming its commitment against creating backdoors in encryption, which they argue compromise overall security. The implications of this move signal significant changes in data privacy for British consumers.
As we have said many times before, we have never built a backdoor or master key to any of our products, and we never will.
This means eventually no UK customer data stored on iCloud will be encrypted, making it all accessible by Apple and shareable with law enforcement.
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