Apple users in the UK can no longer access one of the company’s most powerful data protection tools because Report Bloomberg. This feature (Advanced Data Protection (ADP)) allows iPhone users to add optional end-to-end encryption to various iCloud data. This move is amid ongoing controversy between Apple and the UK Government Order This would require the company to build a backdoor to allow British security officials to access encrypted data from users around the world.
“ADP protects iCloud data using end-to-end encryption, which means that only users with the data can decrypt the data and can only be decrypted on their trusted devices,” Apple told Engadget. “We are very disappointed that given that Data breaches and other threats to customer privacy, the protection provided by ADP will not be available to our customers.”
“Apple can no longer provide the UK’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP) to new users.” A notice explained when features on its iPhone, iPad or Mac were enabled under Apple’s decision. If you live in the UK and have ADP enabled, you will need to manually disable encryption to keep your iCloud account. Apple tells Engadget Although the company hasn’t said how much time it has yet to be said, it will provide customers with periods that meet grace periods. The company added that it will share additional guidance in the future. Due to the nature of end-to-end encryption, Apple cannot automatically disable ADP on behalf of its users.
Apple’s decision to ban ADP in the UK does not mean that the company is removing end-to-end encryption for many other services offered in the country. When it comes to iMessage, passwordhealth data, and so on, which by default are still protected by end-to-end encryption.
“Enhanced cloud storage security with end-to-end encryption is more urgent than ever,” Apple said. “Apple remains committed to providing our users with the highest level of personal data security and hopes we will be able to be in the UK in the future. Do this in the future. As we said before, we never set up a backdoor or hold the key to any of our products or services, and we will never.”
News of a UK backdoor request broke last week Washington Post According to the report, government officials issued a “technical capability notice” to the company under the country’s investigation power law. last yearThe UK government has made changes to the law to “ensure that intelligence and law enforcement have the powers needed to relate to a range of evolving threats to terrorists, hostile state actors, child abusers and criminal gangs.” According to reports, The order requires Apple to give security officials the ability to view all users’ fully encrypted materials anywhere the government wants and wherever it is targeted.
