UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites

The UK Government seems to have scrubbed encryption suggestions from official web pages a few weeks after demanding backdoor access to the UK’s Cloud Storage Service, Icloud.

This change was written by security expert Alex Mafet, who wrote Post a blog on Wednesday The United Kingdom National Cyber ​​Protection Center (NCSC) and high -risk people are not suggesting encryption to protect their sensitive information.

The NCSC has released a document titled “Barrister, Solister and Cyber ​​Security Tips for Legal professionals”, suggesting the use of encryption tools such as Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP).

ADP allows users to launch end -to -end encryption for their iCloud backups, effectively impossible for anyone, including Apple and government authorities, impossible to see the data stored in the iCloud.

NCSC Document Hosting URL is now rewritten in one Different pages It does not mention any encryption or ADP. Instead, it is recommended that at risk people use Apple’s lockdown mode, an “extreme” protection equipment that limit access to specific functions and features.

MAFET DOCUMENT that reports that, still accessible Wavebak machine“Wholesale from the Internet has been removed.” TechCrunch has not been able to find any encryption advice on the UK government website.

The UK Home Office and NCSC did not answer the question of TechCrunch.

Removing encryption suggestions arrives several weeks after the UK government Secretly instructed Apple to create a backdoor This will allow the authorities to access the users’ encrypted iCloud data.

Following the order, first report Washington PostApple is pulling its ADP feature to the UK and Confirmed The feature in TechCrunch will no longer be available for new UK users and will need to disable its current users by the end.

Apple is Challenging Investigating Energy Tribunal (IPT) UK Data Access Order, Financial Times Report this week.