Apple is challenging a U.K. Government data access order in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the Financial Times reports. The order targeted iCloud backups that are protected by end-to-end encryption.
Aple responded by announcing it would end U.K. users’ access to the strongly encrypted version of the iCloud storage feature. The challenge via the IPT was filed at the same time, per the FT, indicating that the company is going on the offensive to try to overturn the order against its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature, as well as pulling the security offering out of the U.K. market. A key element is that Apple is continuing to offer the strongly encrypted iCloud backups in other markets — even though the order reportedly sought access to the data of users outside the U.K. market, too.
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Source: TechCrunch News
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