US spy chief says UK has dropped its Apple backdoor demand

According to US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, the UK has reduced the demand for special access to Apple’s cloud systems or a “backdoor” after discussion with the Trump administration.

“As a result, the UK has agreed to discard Apple to supply a ‘back door’ that can enable American citizens to enable encrypted data and occupied our citizen freedom,” Gabbard wrote in a post on XThe He also claimed that he worked with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vans in the discussion.

This is the latest (and unexpected) development in a one-month story that the British Government secretly wanted to give Apple access to his authority-in general Backdoor – to the iCloud users encrypted data, effectively on anywhere in the world, especially those who turn on Advanced data protection (Or ADP), an opt-in protection feature. ADP Turn from end to end encryption For iCloud, which means the user can only access their files stored on Apple’s cloud servers.

The existence of legal claims was first reported by Washington Post In February, which was created under it UK Investigating Energy Act 2016Also known as the Snoppers Charter. Request Has spread out anger and condemnation From global privacy and protection experts, who argued that if the UK government achieved it, it would weaken privacy for the whole world and opened the door to demanding other governments similar to other agencies.

Apple first reacted to ADP from the UKThe money new users could not turn it on. The agency also says that it will give existing users’ guidance that “in the end must disable this protection feature.”

Already Apple The Backdoer Mandate has been challenged in the report In court, a case that was initially concealed The verdict was then to be held to the publicThe

Apple and UK’s home office did not respond to the request to comment on the British government.

Press Secretary of the National Intelligence Director of the US Office, Olivia Colemanum Sen Wider and Rep. Bigs referred to a letter from February.

Apple had previously told TechCrunch that the company had “never created a backdoor or master key” on any of its products or services and “never will.”