The United Kingdom has issued a secret order to Apple.
As first reported byThe Washington Post, Britain issued the order in secret last month.
The U.K. isnt looking to root around in a specific account for a specific security reason.
An iPhone 6S is plugged into a battery charger on March 18, 2019 in Washington,DC.© (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
No, it wants free access to all a users encrypted material, full stop.
Theres a fight over end-to-end encryption happening across the planet right now.
Apple has long been on the frontlines of the battle against snooping.
In 2022 it began to offer opt-in encryption for data stores on a users cloud cloud Advanced Data Protection.
Apple previously fought the FBI over its investigation into the San Bernardino shooters phone in 2016.
Investigators wanted into the phone.
Now Apple is fighting the U.K. Encryption facilitates and protects the exercise of fundamental rights.
Yet the Bill would allow the UKG to weaken encryption for all users globally, it said.
But sources told The Post that this workaround wouldnt satisfy the order.
Apples brand is privacy.
Last year, police in the U.S. were confused when phones in evidence lockers mysteriously wiped themselves.
Apple had rolled out an update to iPhones.
It was a new security measure thatrebooted phonesafter theyd been in a locked state for more than four days.
Every seized phone in the U.K. that the government wants to root through has a time limit attached.
If the British police dont have a backdoor, then they have four days to break in.
Its just another reason why Apple shouldnt cave.
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