Apple Fights UK's Demand for iCloud Data Backdoor

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That led to a long legal battle that did not see Apple compromise its security.The U.S.has lately reversed course on encryption, and has been promoting end-to-end encryption for mobile devices to protect against foreign cyber campaigns.The U.S.government is now looking into whether the UK's demand has violated the CLOUD act, which keeps the UK from asking for data from U.S.citizens, and vice versa.

Apple today filed a legal complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal in an attempt to quash the UK government's demand for backdoor access to encrypted data, reports Financial Times.

Apple previously made it clear that it would pull ‌iCloud‌ features from the UK rather than compromise its user security, and while that only extends to Advanced Data Protection right now, it could lead to key features like FaceTime and iMessage being removed in the country.