Apple Disabling End-to-End Encryption for iCloud Users in Britain
February 21st, 2025Via: Forbes:
One of Apple’s optional features is Advanced Data Protection for iCloud, which offers the company’s highest level of cloud data security. Apple has just announced that this is no longer available to new users in the United Kingdom. This is much more than a question of security, not just because it affects so many people but because of what may have caused it, and what it means for your data.
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In the U.K., if you haven’t opted to turn it on already, you will see an explainer of the service when you click, and a banner that reads, “Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection (ADP) in the United Kingdom to new users.”
Those who have already enabled it will be given a period of time to disable the feature themselves to keep using their iCloud account.
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There have been reports recently that the U.K. government had instructed Apple to create a back door to allow it to access data, for security reasons, something which, if true, Apple would not be permitted to acknowledge.
