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   Court confirms Apple is suing UK government over encryption backdoor request   
      
   Date:   
   Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:45:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   The court has provided official confirmation of the legal challenge.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   In the latest development of the ongoing privacy dispute between Apple and    
   the UK Government, a British court has officially confirmed the company has   
   launched a legal challenge.    
      
   Campaigners have been pushing for transparency in the legal challenge, and    
   the Investigatory Powers Tribunal rejected the attempt by the government to   
   keep the bare details of the case secret, the Financial Times reports.    
      
   Early in 2025, Apple removed its option for end-to-end encryption, Advanced   
   Data Protection , following a request by the British Government for Apple to   
   build a backdoor into the encryption for law enforcement agencies.    
      
   Ongoing litigation    
      
   The court confirmed it, did not accept the revelation of the bare details of   
   the case would be damaging to the public interest or prejudicial to national   
   security, having heard submissions from privacy campaigners, media   
   organizations, and even US senators.    
      
   Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but has    
   reaffirmed its promise to never build a backdoor .    
      
   The firm has previously denied requests from the FBI for a similar law   
   enforcement master key - although the current  Director of National   
   Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, called the UK's request a clear and egregious   
   violation of Americans privacy and civil liberties, since the backdoor could   
   theoretically be used against citizens outside of the UK.    
      
   The tech giant and privacy campaigners argue that once a backdoor is built,   
   threat actors could potentially steal access to private data, and governments   
   could abuse their powers with enhanced surveillance.    
      
   Our readers overwhelmingly disagree with proposals to build a master key for   
   law enforcement, with 67% of surveyed respondents saying that their data is   
   private, and that they wouldnt want their Government to have access.    
      
   For now, British Apple users wont have access to Advanced Data Protection -    
   so users should consider another type of cloud storage solution if they want   
   to enjoy end-to-end encryption.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/court-confirms-apple-is-suing-uk-government-over   
   -encryption-backdoor-request   
      
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