Google says UK government has not demanded an encryption backdoor for its users’ data

UK government Back -down in the news From the previous claim that Apple created a secret backdoor that allowed its authority to access the worldwide customer data after being strictly criticized from the US government. However, a US senator wants to know if other technology giants like Google have also received a secret behind the UK government.

Google refused to answer the law enforcement question, but confirmed to TechCrunch that the technology giant did not get any backdoor demand.

Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported that the UK’s home office In the UK surveillance court sought a secret court order Apple claims that Apple lets the UK authorities access the Encrypted End of End from the End of End to End End of End to End from any customer, including their iPhone and iPad backup. Apple Data encrypts in such a way that customers, and not Apple, can access their data stored on their servers.

Under the UK law, technology agencies are legally prevented from publishing an order in secret court order like Apple, or in spite of the existence of the order itself The details of the claim that are publicly leaked earlier this yearThe Critics called Apple the Secret Order against “Draconian”, it would say Global ramification for users’ privacyThe Apple has Since the validity of the order has appealedThe

In A new letter Sen. Ron Wider, who was sent to the Senate Detective Committee on Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday, said that the technology agencies could not say whether the UK could not say, but at least one technology giant confirmed that it had not received one.

Using the user messages sent between WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, Meta told Wider’s office on March 17, using the end -to -end encryption that the company did not order our encrypted services as reports about Apple. “

Google, on his behalf, will not say that a UK government has received an UK government order such as encrypted data to Wideen’s office such as Android backups, “only if it mentions that if it gets a technical skill notice, it will be banned to reveal this fact,” Wider said.

Google spokesman Carl Ryan told TechCrunch in a statement: “We did not create any process or ‘backdoor’ to block the end-to-end encryption in our products.

When asked clearly by TechCrunch, Ryan said: “We did not receive any technical skills notice,” refer to any UK surveillance order.

Wideen’s letter, first report Washington Post And TeachGabbard has been called to evaluate the “National Protection Law of the UK Surveillance Act and to evaluate the secret claims reporting the secrets of US companies.”

This story was updated with additional comments on Google shared in response to a TechCrunch investigation.