The US’s Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has expressed strong opposition to a UK request for Apple to create a backdoor to access encrypted data, citing it as a serious breach of American civil liberties. Her comments follow Apple's decision to discontinue its Advanced Data Protection service for UK devices in response to these concerns. Gabbard revealed that she was unaware of the UK's order until it surfaced in the news, and emphasized how the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act could obstruct companies from voicing objections to such demands, raising potential tensions between the US and UK.
Any attempt by the UK to compel Apple to create a backdoor for accessing Americans' encrypted data would constitute a clear and egregious violation of civil liberties.
I was not informed of the UK order by either the British government or Apple; I only learned about it through media reports.
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