The United Kingdom security officers have allegedly given a secret order to Apple to Apple, which requires the company to make backdoor access so that all the ingredients uploaded on government officials iCloud can reach apple users, including users outside the UK. .
“The unknown order of the British government issued last month requires blanket ability to fully look into encrypted materials, not only helping to crack a specific account, and there is no known example in major democracy, ” Reports Washington PostWhich broke the story this week.
The office of the Home Secretary served Apple with a technical capacity notice, secret order. Neither Apple nor the United Kingdom officially commented on the order (under the threat of punishment in the case of Apple).
Instructions worry about Apple’s strongest iCloud security measures, advanced data security. This alternative mode, which must be enabled to the user because it is not by default, promises to keep the user data safe against hack and data violations.
Most users do not take advantage of this feature, as it is a very extreme safety measure, even being beyond two-factor authentication, another safety equipment that not everyone uses. When advanced data protection is enabled, the protected icloud data is accessible only through encryption keys, which are fully accessible through reliable devices. End-to-end encrypted data can only be dec No one else including Apple can reach this data. If the account access is lost, the data is locked behind a wall that can only be removed with the device passcode, recovery contact or recovery key.
Advanced data protection is the safest option of Apple for users to protect your iCloud data. It should be a little surprised, then, that the United States is not a major fan of law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, protective measures that lock the data beyond the access of Apple. This means that even if Apple has been subjected or otherwise directed – or forced – to provide access to user data, they cannot do anything related to users with advanced data security. This means that the information that can be relevant to the ongoing legal investigation is more difficult to reach.
The UK’s secret order has been reported in relation to many in the United States, especially in the United States, that it would not only prevent users from safety that Apple promised by Apple, but it would also reach a foreign government to reach private American data Will also provide capacity of.
Senator Ron Wayden (D-Oragon) said, “Trump and American tech companies allow foreign governments to secretly spy on Americans, which would be unconscious and an unknown disaster for Americans’ privacy and our national security. ” Washington PostWiden is in the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Others including Non -Group Encrypted Messaging Platform Signal President Meedith Whitekar expressed concern that the UK would become a technical paria “rather than a technical paria” with the aim of weakening encryption and privacy technology through notice notice.
The secret order may be technically secret, but Apple knows that such an order may come for some time. Last March, the company said, “There is no reason that Britain (government) should have the right to decide for the citizens of the world whether they can take advantage of proven security benefits that themselves can take advantage of the end-to-end encryption Let’s flow from. ”
The home office says it does not comment on matters of technical demands. However, the house office is not alone in its concerns about Apple’s advanced data security. The UK officials and FBI have expressed concern to both that Apple’s strongest encryption provides bad actor, including terrorists, child abusers and human smugglers, additional security.
Tech companies regularly counter users that provide exploitative opportunities for criminals and ruling governments to violate users’ rights by providing backdoor access to user data.
If the UK eventually forces Apple’s hand, users should not be surprised to follow the suit for other countries. Other technical companies will also keep a close watch on the situation, such as many, including Google, provide equally strong encryption to users. Apple may appeal to the order, although an appeal does not allow Apple to delay its compliance during the appeal process.
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