In the face of an unprecedented secret demand by the government of the United Kingdom to provide backdoor access to all iCloud data worldwide, Apple stood firm. Instead, the company disabled UK ...

A few weeks after the UK government demanded Apple to create a backdoor on users' encrypted iCloud accounts to retrieve the content any Apple user has uploaded to the cloud, Apple decided to pull out ...

TL;DR: Apple has removed the Advanced Data Protection option for iCloud users in the UK following a government mandate to implement backdoors. Data conscious iOS users across the UK just lost the ...

Apple Breaks Silence on UK Probe, Removes Data Protection Tool From UK Users Your email has been sent The U.K. government demanded a backdoor into Apple’s Advanced Data Protection. In response to a ...

If you've put in the effort to secure your data on your computer, iPhone and other devices, you can already sleep better than most people. But there's still a vector that could be out of your control: ...

Apple's highest level of iCloud encryption, Advanced Data Protection for iCloud, secures your data so it's unreadable even on iCloud servers. However, the technology is also under scrutiny in the UK, ...

If you own an iPhone, you might already have an iCloud account for your file storage needs. And if you don't, you should; regular online backups make it much easier to restore your data if your phone ...

Thanks to the UK government, Apple can no longer offer new users in the UK the ability to enable Advanced Data Protection. As of 10 a.m. (ET) today, Apple is no longer offering new users in the UK the ...

One of Apple’s optional features is Advanced Data Protection for iCloud, which offers the company’s highest level of cloud data security. Apple has just announced that this is no longer available to ...

A couple of weeks ago, I linked to a report from The Washington Post, which said that the UK government has demanded that Apple create a back door to access the encrypted iCloud data of Apple’s ...

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...

Apple Inc. has disabled Advanced Data Protection for U.K. users following a reported request from the government to build a backdoor into the feature. The company made the encryption tool inaccessible ...