Security News > 2025 > February > Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud encryption for UK peeps

2025-02-24 03:31
Plus: SEC launches new crypto crime unit; Phishing toolkit upgraded; and more Infosec in brief Apple has responded to the UK government's demand for access to its customers’ data stored in iCloud by deciding to turn off its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) end-to-end encryption service for UK users.…
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