UK demands Apple break encryption to allow gov’t spying worldwide, reports say

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UK demands Apple break encryption to allow gov’t spying worldwide, reports say - Ars Technica

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Apple last year opposed UK's secret notices demanding encryption backdoors.

Backdoors developed for government use would inevitably be exploited by criminal hackers and other governments, security experts have said.

UK security officials "demanded that Apple create a backdoor allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud," the report said.