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Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row


Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end to end encryption.

(ADP) means only account holders can view items such as photos or documents they have stored online through a process known as end-to-end encryption. In a statement Apple said it was "gravely disappointed" that the security feature would no longer be available to British customers. Prof Alan Woodward - a cyber-security expert at Surrey University - said it was a "very disappointing development" which amounted to "an act of self harm" by the government.

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