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U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts

Accepted submission by at 2025-02-07 17:39:06 from the Privacy dept.
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"Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk/ [washingtonpost.com] "The British government’s undisclosed order, issued last month, requires blanket capability to view fully encrypted material, not merely assistance in cracking a specific account, and has no known precedent in major democracies. Its application would mark a significant defeat for tech companies in their decades-long battle to avoid being wielded as government tools against their users, the people said, speaking under the condition of anonymity to discuss legally and politically sensitive issues."

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