Apple is challenging UK’s iCloud encryption backdoor order.
5 March 2025
Apple is challenging a UK Government data access order in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT). The order targeted iCloud backups that are protected by end-to-end encryption.
UK officials are exercising powers they hold via national security surveillance legislation to try to force the iPhone maker to provide data in the clear to law enforcement.
UK officials are exercising powers they hold via national security surveillance legislation to try to force the iPhone maker to provide data in the clear to law enforcement.