"Snap back in time and you'll recall the UK Home Office secretly demanded that Apple create a worldwide back door into encrypted iCloud data. Apple responded by withdrawing its Advanced Data Protection service from the UK market and opposing the request in a top-secret UK court. The original order also extended to users outside the UK, so the government also faced opposition from privacy and free speech advocates and the US government as the move trampled on the Constitutional rights of US citizens."
"The latter seemed to have an impact. In the end, we believed the UK had pulled back, particularly as its overreach was deeply dangerous, would invite imitation from other repressive governments, and would deeply damage data security with the potential to undermine international business transactions. The widely understood argument is that if one back door exists, every hacker, surveillance fetishist, tech-addicted stalker, criminal, gangster, or enemy nation would spend vast resources locating that door and exploiting it."
The UK government issued a Technical Capability Notice requiring Apple to create a backdoor into iCloud that targets only British users' data. The Home Office previously sought a worldwide backdoor, prompting Apple to withdraw its Advanced Data Protection service from the UK and to challenge the order in a secret court. The prior order extended beyond the UK and drew opposition from privacy advocates, free speech groups, and the US government due to constitutional concerns for US citizens. Security experts warn that any weakening of encryption would invite hackers, hostile states, and criminals to exploit the backdoor and damage global data security.
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