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UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites
The UK is no longer recommending the use of encryption for at-risk groups following its iCloud backdoor demands
The NCSC in October published a document titled “Cybersecurity tips for barristers, solicitors & legal professionals,” that advised the use of encryption tools such as Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP). Instead, it recommends that at-risk individuals use Apple’s Lockdown Mode, an “extreme” security tool that restricts access to certain functions and features. Muffet reports that the original document, still accessible via the Wayback Machine, has been “wholesale deleted from the internet.” TechCrunch wasn’t able to find any encryption advice on the U.K. government’s website.
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