A pair of human rights groups are challenging Shocking invasive orders from the British government Apple creates backdoors in its encrypted user data,first Report go through Financial Times. International and Liberty’s privacy rights have filed a legal action against the country’s Right to Investigation Tribunal (IPT), which reportedly plans to hear Apple’s appeal on Friday.
Complaints believe Apple’s attraction to commands It should be heard publicly. Furthermore, the group challenge argues that the government’s moves violate customers’ free expression and privacy by forcing companies to neutralize the security of their products.
Caroline Wilson Palow, legal director of Privacy International, told foot. “People around the world rely on end-to-end encryption to protect themselves from harassment and oppression. No country should have the right to undermine protection for everyone.”
British media (including BBC, including Reuters,,,,, Financial Times,,,,, guardian and more) also filed a complaint with IPT, believing that the case should be heard publicly. Advocate organizations suppose to the index of censorship and open rights groups.
UK orders require Apple to give government blankets access to private user data through its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature. Introducing ADP in iOS 16.2 in 2022 Apply end-to-end encryption to iCloud data Such as device backups, message content, notes and photos. Even Apple cannot access it.
apple Deleted ADP in the UK Respond to orders before issuing your own legal challenges. However, since the backdoor will also be available to users outside the UK, the private data of anyone with an Apple account will be vulnerable. Security experts (and common sense) warn that the backdoor will unnecessarily expose any Apple account to foreign spies, hackers and confrontational countries.
We only know about the UK order Leaked last month. That’s because it is issued under the country 2016 Investigation Rights Actwhich expanded the surveillance rights of British intelligence agencies and law enforcement (winning it, well, The term for love, “The Charter of the Snoop”). The rule also blocks Apple’s orders that comment or publicly acknowledge the existence of privacy scope, or use its appeal to delay compliance. “We never built backdoors or master keys for any of our products or services, and we will never,” Apple said last month.
