Apple Drops iCloud's Advanced Data Protection in the U.K. Amid Encryption Backdoor Demands
Summary: Apple is removing its Advanced Data Protection feature for iCloud in the United Kingdom with immediate effect, after the U.K. Home Office demanded backdoor access to encrypted user data under the Investigatory Powers Act. Existing ADP users must manually disable it, since Apple says it cannot do so on their behalf, and iCloud in the region now falls back to standard protection that stores encryption keys in Apple's own data centers.
Bottom line: A government order has effectively ended end-to-end encryption for iCloud in one of the Five Eyes countries, and U.S. officials including Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Andy Biggs have urged the Director of National Intelligence to press for its reversal or reconsider U.S.-U.K. intelligence sharing.
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