Apple says ‘No’ to UK backdoor order, will disable E2E cloud encryption instead
A backdoor into iCloud end-to-end encryption would defeat the purpose of the feature, so Apple is pulling it from the UK altogether.
Apple has for many years consistently pushed back against government orders around the world to decrypt confiscated devices.
“Security officials asked not only that Apple allow the UK government access to UK residents’ encrypted cloud storage, but that the UK government get access to any Apple user’s encrypted cloud storage,” said David Ruiz, an online privacy expert at Malwarebytes.
Those who live in the UK will need to manually disable ADP during an unspecified grace period to keep their iCloud account. Bloomberg says that Apple will release feature guidance on this process sometime soon.