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UK blindsided US intelligence by asking for Apple backdoor, “a violation of American’s privacy and civil liberties”

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  • The UK Government reportedly requested Apple build an encryption backdoor
  • US Director of National Intelligence says she was not aware of the UK’s request
  • Move could violate a bilateral agreement between the US and UK

The Trump Administration is currently investigating whether the UK Government has broken a bilateral agreement between the UK and US by secretly demanding Apple build a backdoor into its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) encryption.

Apple has not confirmed whether the UK government did make this request, but under the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act, confirming such a request had been made would be illegal. Instead, Apple pulled ADP from products in the UK and reaffirmed its promise to ‘never build a backdoor’.

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