According to a new decision by the British surveillance force court, the British government has lost the details of the secret surveillance order against Apple.
Decide, Posted on Monday In London’s right to investigate court, it means that although the British government has objections, some cases of legal cases will still be held in public.
In a ruling Monday, the court judge said they “don’t accept the revelation of the naked details of the case that would harm the public interest or bias against national security.” This is the first public acknowledgement of the case, although specific details of the case have been deducted.
Many of the “nude details” of the case were reportedly related to British legal requirements, which ordered Apple to give British authorities access to encrypted cloud data from any Apple customer in the world.
Washington Post Details of legal demand were released in February, revealing the existence of backdoor demand in the UK. Soon after, Apple said it could be offered “no longer” Advanced Data ProtectionThis allows customers to encrypt files in Apple’s cloud so that people besides users can access users in the UK.
Neither Apple nor the Home Office initiated demand on behalf of the UK government, commenting on specific legal cases so far as it still complies with UK national security rules, Even prevent the existence of the case itself.
Apple reportedly appealed to the Court of Rights of Investigation. The British government’s response was to tell the court that if the nature of the case was made public, national security would suffer losses.
Privacy and rights advocates, News Media Alliance, The bipartisan group of American lawmakersand Senior intelligence officer In the Trump administration, the administration demands transparency around legal hearings.
When TechCrunch contacted a spokesperson for the UK Ministry of Home Affairs, no comment was made. An Apple spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment.
Apple had previously told TechCrunch that the company “never established a backdoor or master key for any of its products or services” and that it “never”.
