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Apple encrypted data row hearing begins in secret
The BBC - along with civil liberties groups and some US politicians - has argued the case should be heard in public.
Apple's encrypted data case against the UK government has begun in secret at the Royal Courts of Justice. Sir James Eadie KC, who previously represented the government in significant cases such as Shamima Begum's citizenship appeal, was seen entering the hearing. Apple says agreeing to what the UK is asking for it would require the creation of a so-called backdoor, a capability critics say would eventually be exploited by hackers.
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