NEW: UK secretly demanded Apple build a backdoor into ALL encrypted iCloud accounts.

You haven't heard about this before because these orders are secret & there are typically bans on talking about them. SHORT TERM IMPACT: Apple will probably stop offering encrypted iCloud storage in the UK. DE#Apple a so-called "Technical Capability Notice" which is a demand for access. These flow from the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act (aka "Snooper's Charter") and is a mechanism for the government to *compel* companies to p#privacy & #encryption gap. By introducing optional Advanced Data Protection, Apple extended similar protections of device encryption to users' clouds. So, since ADP was introduced in 2022, governments have been scheming to underminwww.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk