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Apple refuses to break encryption, seeks reversal of UK demand for backdoor | Apple appeal to Investigatory Powers Tribunal may be the first case of its type.


Apple appeal to Investigatory Powers Tribunal may be the first case of its type.

Apple reportedly filed an appeal in hopes of overturning a secret UK order requiring it to create a backdoor for government security officials to access encrypted data. "The iPhone maker has made its appeal to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, an independent judicial body that examines complaints against the UK security services, according to people familiar with the matter," the Financial Times reported today. The case "is believed to be the first time that provisions in the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act allowing UK authorities to break encryption have been tested before the court," the article said.

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