Here we go again. A new
report from The Washington Post (citing anonymous sources) says that Apple is being pressured by security officials in the United Kingdom to create a backdoor in iCloud that will let them view the data people upload to the service, not just in the U.K., but worldwide.
According to the Washington Post, the British government wants to be able to read material on Apple's cloud storage, especially content under Apple's Advanced Data Protection (ADP).
The thing with ADP is that not even Apple can see your content. If you lose your data, not even Apple can help you recover it. Apple introduced Advanced Data Protection (ADP) for iCloud on December 7, 2022, and it covers end-to-end encryption of information that includes the following:
- Device backups
- Messages backups
- iCloud Drive
- Notes
- Photos
- Reminders
- Safari bookmarks
- Siri Shortcuts
- Voice Memos
- Wallet passes
Despite the U.K. government's demands, The Washington Post reports that Apple is unlikely to comply and would rather stop offering ADP in the U.K. However, this is unlikely to satisfy U.K. authorities, as they are requesting access not just to data from U.K. users but
every iCloud user.
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