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The UK will no longer require Apple to create backdoor access to users' data


UK officials are no longer compelling Apple to create backdoor access to its users' data, according to US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

UK officials will no longer compel Apple to create backdoor access to its users' data, according to US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. "As a result," she continued, "the UK has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a 'back door' that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens and encroached on our civil liberties." A bipartisan group of US lawmakers asked Gabbard to take measures to prevent what they called "a foreign cyberattack waged through political means" after the information about the mandate went public.

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