The secret order of the British government at Apple demanding from the back -to -end door of the encrypted version from start to finish of its iCloud storage service has now been challenged by two civil rights groups, Liberty and Privacy International, which filed complaints on Thursday. They called the “unacceptable and disproportionate” order and warned against “global consequences” because the order of access is also supposed to extend to non-UK users.
La pair, as well as two named people – the executive director of Privacy International, Gus Hosein and the defender of civil liberties, asked the law firm of Leigh Day to challenge the secretary at the house
Yvette Cooper’s decision to serve Apple with an alleged technical capacity notice (TCN) under the law on survey powers (IPA). The existence of the secret order only emerged via Press reports last month.
“Privacy and freedom fear that this TCN, or TCNs similar in the future, can be used to undermine the encryption from start to finish for the protection of privacy and freedom of expression,” they said in a press release.
Apple has already deposited A legal challenge For the TCN – and its appeal should be heard by the Inquiry Tribunal (IPT), the organization which oversees complaints against British intelligence agencies. The two civil rights groups, Hosein and Wizner argue that they are direct victims of the TCN government decision and are invited to join their complaints to those of Apple.
They also ask that the case be heard in public, rather than behind closed doors – joining themselves Previous calls for privacy groups. The IPT audience is expected to be scheduled for today, Friday, March 14.
