Home Office issues new 'back door' order over Apple encryption | Computer Weekly
UK government ordered Apple to provide warranted access to encrypted iCloud backups of British users, prompting legal challenge and raising privacy and jurisdiction concerns.
Home Office 'back door' seeks world-wide access to Apple iCloud users' data, court documents confirm | Computer Weekly
The UK Home Office ordered Apple to remove protections and enable global access to iCloud data, prompting Apple to legally challenge extraterritorial surveillance demands.
UK drops its request for encrypted iCloud data backdoor
Over six months after these events, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard confirmed that the UK has withdrawn its requests following months of talks between the two governments.