Security News > 2025 > March > Protecting your iCloud data after Apple’s Advanced Data Protection removal in the UK
2025-03-19 05:00
Advanced Data Protection (ADP) secures iCloud data with end-to-end encryption. This ensures that no one, not even Apple, can access the encrypted data, which remains secure even in the event of a cloud breach. As of February 21, 2025, Apple removed ADP for customers in the UK after the government demanded backdoor access to user data. Although the motivations behind the UK government’s request for backdoor access to user data are national security and combating … More → The post Protecting your iCloud data after Apple’s Advanced Data Protection removal in the UK appeared first on Help Net Security.
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