"Caroline Wilson Palow, legal director of the campaign group Privacy International, said the new order might be "just as big a threat to worldwide security and privacy" as the old one. She said: "If Apple breaks end-to-end encryption for the UK, it breaks it for everyone. The resulting vulnerability can be exploited by hostile states, criminals, and other bad actors the world over.""
"Apple made a complaint to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over the original demand, backed by a parallel legal challenge from Privacy International and Liberty, another campaign group. That case was due to be heard early next year, but the new order may restart the legal process. TCNs are issued under the UK Investigatory Powers Act, which the government maintains is needed by law enforcement to investigate terrorism and child sexual abuse."
The UK issued a new order potentially requiring Apple to break end-to-end encryption. Caroline Wilson Palow warned that such an order could pose a global threat to security and privacy, creating vulnerabilities exploitable by hostile states, criminals and other bad actors. Apple filed a complaint with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal and faced a parallel legal challenge from Privacy International and Liberty; the new order may restart that legal process. Telecommunications capability notices (TCNs) are issued under the UK Investigatory Powers Act, which the government says is needed to investigate terrorism and child sexual abuse. Senior US officials pressured the UK to retract the original TCN, citing risks to US citizens amid high-level UK–US talks and investment commitments.
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