Apple questions an order for access to the British Government in the Tribunal of Inquiry Powers (IPT), the Financial time Reports. The order targeted iCloud backups which are protected by end -to -end encryption.
Last monthPress leaks revealed the existence of the Order of January to ask Apple to build a stolen door In iCloud’s encrypted backups. British officials exercise powers they hold via National security surveillance legislation To try to force the iPhone manufacturer to provide clear data to the police.
Apple answered by announcement This would end British users in the highly encrypted version of the iCloud storage function. The challenge via the IPT was filed at the same time, according to the FT, indicating that the company takes place on the offensive to try to overthrow the order against its Advanced data protection (ADP) is the functionality, as well as the release of the security offer outside the British market.
A key element is that Apple continues to offer ICLOUD backups strongly encrypted on other markets – even if the order would also have requested access to user data outside the British market. The British government believes that Apple therefore failed to comply despite the removal of functionality locally, according to the FT.
He also reports that this could be the first time that the United Kingdom’s encryption rupture powers have been tested before the organization that oversees the security services, although he suggests that the hearing is likely to be kept in secret.
Apple refused to issue a new declaration on development, but a spokesman stressed Notes he published last month. At the time, the company said it was “seriously disappointed” that British users would no longer have access to security functionality.
