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UK’s demand for Apple backdoor should not be heard in secret, says court

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The U.K. government has lost its bid to keep secret the details of a surveillance order it brought against Apple, according to a newly released decision by the U.K. surveillance powers’ court. The decision, posted on Monday by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in London, means that parts of the legal case will be held in […]

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Apple is challenging U.K.’s iCloud encryption backdoor order

Government & Policy /

Apple is challenging a U.K. Government data access order in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the Financial Times reports. The order targeted iCloud backups that are protected by end-to-end encryption. Last month, press leaks revealed the existence of the January order asking Apple to build a backdoor in iCloud’s encrypted backups. U.K. officials are exercising

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