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Apple is challenging U.K.’s iCloud encryption backdoor order


Apple is challenging a U.K. Government data access order in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the Financial Times reports. The order targeted

Apple is challenging a U.K. Government data access order in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the Financial Times reports. The challenge via the IPT was filed at the same time, per the FT, indicating that the company is going on the offensive to try to overturn the order against its Advanced Data Protection(ADP) feature, as well as pulling the security offering out of the U.K. market. It also reports that this could be the first time the U.K.’s encryption breaking powers have been tested before the body that oversees the security services, although it suggests the hearing is likely to be held in secret.

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