The secret order would give the UK access to encrypted backups belonging to any user — not just Brits.

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/23398982

Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to create a backdoor that would give security officials access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups. If implemented, British security services would have access to the backups of any user worldwide, not just Brits, and Apple would not be permitted to alert users that their encryption was […]

  • LerajeEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Of course, in that scenario you have to trust Apple because none of their code is open source and thus can’t be scrutinised.