Google Says It Never Received a UK Demand for Encryption Backdoor, Unlike Apple

Google says it never received a UK demand for encryption backdoor, unlike Apple

In a letter to the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, Senator Ron Wyden, who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote about the UK's "reported secret surveillance demands of US companies."Read Entire Article

Google won't say if UK secretly demanded a backdoor for user data

Google said it has "never built a backdoor" for its services, but would not explicitly say if the company had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access.

Google confirms the UK has not asked it to weaken encryption with a backdoor – unlike Apple - WorldNL Magazine

Google has just confirmed that it hasn't received any official request from the UK government to weaken encryption or provide backdoor access to user dataEarlier this year, Apple was asked to provide an encryption backdoor in its iCloud’s Advanced Data Protection featureThis marks a growing divide in how tech giants are affected by the UK’s controversial Investigatory Powers Act and its global implications for privacyGoogle has just admitted tha…

Google won't say whether the UK gov't is breaking its encryption

The surveillance-loving UK is in the news again, as Google refuses to deny it received a demand from the UK government to install backdoor access into its services (the same demand it’s made of Apple). It’s yet another illustration of the extent to which the UK, which makes more subject-access requests per head than any other Western nation, has become a leader in state surveillance. The inference is that by refusing to deny that it received the…

Google's silence on UK encryption demands spells wider trouble for users

There is a strong indication that trouble is brewing for Google's ability to provide encrypted services in the UK. Read more...

BLK ALERTS - Google says UK government has not demanded an encryption backdoor for its users’ data

Google refused to tell a U.S. senator whether the company had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access to encrypted data, similar to an order served on Apple earlier this year.