End-to-End Encryption

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End-to-End Encryption for iCloud Ended in UK After Government Order
ByWei Chieh Lim February 25, 2025

With the UK Home Office invoking the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 to issue a secret order to Apple demanding a backdoor into iCloud. Apple has now taken the step of disabling its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature, presumably in response.

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iCloud Data Encryption Threatened by Secret UK Backdoor Order
ByWei Chieh Lim February 19, 2025February 19, 2025

Anonymous sources report that Apple has recently been handed a secret order install a backdoor into iCloud data, one that it has limited ability to take legal recourse against.

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Addition of End-to-End Encryption to iCloud Backups Fortifies User Privacy, but Faces Legal Pushback From Law Enforcement
ByWei Chieh Lim December 19, 2022December 17, 2022

Apple is bringing end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups. The move brings parity with other competing messaging services, but is likely to face greater legal challenges than usual.

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