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   Apple to take legal action against British Government over backdoor request   
      
   Date:   
   Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:02:07 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   The British government faces legal action over privacy row with tech giant   
   Apple.   
      
   FULL STORY   
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    - Apple is now reportedly taking the British Government to court   
    - Move comes after the UK Government reportedly asked Apple to build an   
   encryption key   
    - Apple refused, and disabled its encryption service for UK users   
      
   The UK Government's privacy row with Apple over an alleged backdoor request   
   continues, with reports claiming the company appealed to the Investigatory   
   Powers Tribunal, an independent court that can investigate claims made    
   against the Security Service.    
      
   The UK Government had reportedly asked Apple to build a master key for law   
   enforcement agencies in its end-to-end encryption (E2EE) service, Advanced   
   Data Protection (ADP) - however Apple refused, and pulled ADP altogether.    
      
   This is believed to be the first legal challenge to any provisions in the    
   2016 Investigatory Powers Act allowing the break of encryptions. The tribunal   
   will look into the legality of the UK governments request, and whether or not   
   it can be overruled.   
      
   Privacy concerns    
      
   The request was condemned by both privacy groups and also came as a surprise   
   to the American government , who called the request a clear and egregious   
   violation of Americans privacy and civil liberties, after Director of    
   National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard shared grave concern over the    
   implications of the request.    
      
   The case could be heard this month, but as of yet, it's not clear if there   
   will be any public disclosure of the hearing - and its likely the UK   
   Government will argue that the case be restricted due to national security   
   concerns.    
      
   The E2EE, built by Apple, means the photos, messages, and other data of the   
   users who chose to enable the service is protected, and cannot be accessed by   
   anyone - even Apple.    
      
   Some campaigners have previously argued in favor of the backdoor for the UK   
   Government, so that law enforcement agencies have access to potentially   
   harmful materials or evidence of abuse material - but many are concerned that   
   the creation of a master key brings a risk of that key falling into the wrong   
   hands.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/apple-to-take-legal-action-against-brit   
   ish-government-over-backdoor-request   
      
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