UK Once Again Demands Backdoor to Apple’s Encrypted Cloud Storage

The UK’s war on Apple encryption is back

The UK government is reportedly once again demanding that Apple provide it with backdoor access to encrypted iCloud user data, following claims that the effort had been abandoned in August. The Financial Times reports that a new technical capability notice (TCN) was issued by the UK Home Office in early September, this time specifically targeting access to British citizens’ iCloud backups. This follows the UK issuing a broader secret order in Ja…

UK once again demands backdoor to Apple’s encrypted cloud storage

New order in September narrowed access request down to data of UK citizens.

Government targets UK Apple users in new demand for data

It is the latest development in a privacy row which has pitted the UK against the tech giant and the Trump administration.

UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: report

The U.K. Home Office is seeking access to Apple users’ encrypted iCloud backups for a second time, after an earlier attempt failed earlier this year.

UK government again trying to get backdoor access to Apple's user data

The UK government is continuing its bid to access Apple's user data, this time with a demand to routinely access iCloud backups of its citizenry.UK Houses of ParliamentIn August, the UK government seemingly backed down from its backdoor access mandate, apparently dropping the initiative against user data held by Apple. A month later, and it seems to be trying a different attack vector.A new UK Home Office order issued in early September demands …

The British government is still insisting on a backdoor into iCloud

We learned back in February that the British government had secretly ordered Apple to create a worldwide backdoor into iCloud....