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   UK blindsided US intelligence by asking for Apple backdoor, "a violation of   
   Americans privacy and civil liberties"   
      
   Date:   
   Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:41:35 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she was not aware of the   
   UKs demand to Apple.   
      
   FULL STORY   
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    - The UK Government reportedly requested Apple build an encryption backdoor   
    - US Director of National Intelligence says she was not aware of the UK's   
   request   
    - Move could violate a bilateral agreement between the US and UK   
      
   The Trump Administration is currently investigating whether the UK Government   
   has broken a bilateral agreement between the UK and US by secretly demanding   
   Apple build a backdoor into its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) encryption.    
      
   Apple has not confirmed whether the UK government did make this request, but   
   under the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act, confirming such a request had been   
   made would be illegal. Instead, Apple pulled ADP from products in the UK and   
   reaffirmed its promise to never build a backdoor.    
      
   Crucially, the Investigatory Powers Act has extraterritorial powers, meaning   
   that had Apple built the backdoor, British intelligence agencies and law   
   enforcement could have accessed the encrypted data of Apple customers all    
   over the world, including US users.   
      
   Clear and egregious    
      
   A letter sent by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, seen by   
   9to5Mac , calls the requested backdoor a clear and egregious violation of   
   Americans privacy and civil liberties, with Gabbard sharing grave concern   
   about the serious implications of any state backdoor access, affirming that   
   this would open up a serious vulnerability for cyber exploitation by   
   adversarial actors.    
      
   Although the UK Government has not confirmed nor denied it made the request,   
   the US Government is now currently investigating whether this reported    
   request violates the information sharing agreements between the two    
   countries.    
      
   My lawyers are working to provide a legal opinion on the implications of the   
   reported UK demands against Apple on the bilateral Cloud Act agreement,   
   Gabbard noted.    
      
   Upon initial review of the U.S. and U.K. bilateral CLOUD Act Agreement, the   
   United Kingdom may not issue demands for data of U.S. citizens, nationals, or   
   lawful permanent residents (U.S. persons), nor is it authorized to demand the   
   data of persons located inside the United States.    
      
   It should be noted the FBI and United States Government have previously   
   requested backdoors into iPhone encryptions going back almost 10 years, with   
   Apple reportedly receiving at least 11 orders compelling the company to use   
   its capabilities to extract data from locked iPhones - which Tim Cook   
   refused.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/uk-blindsided-us-intelligence-by-asking   
   -for-apple-backdoor-a-violation-of-americans-privacy-and-civil-liberties   
      
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