UK silence over demand for Apple data access is farcical, lawyer says

Apple urges Home Office to come clean on 'backdoor' letting officials snoop on YOUR phone

Apple has urged the Home Office to come clean over its request for the company to create a "backdoor" for officials to snoop on Britons' phones. Human rights groups Liberty and Privacy International have joined the American tech giant in calling for a tribunal to remove a gag order which blocks the Government from confirming the order was made. It is believed that Labour finally admitting the encryption order's existence could pave the way for p…

Apple pushes UK court to lift secrecy around encryption backdoor order

In a hearing today, Apple challenged the UK government’s refusal to publicly confirm whether it has issued an order requiring the company to provide access to encrypted user data. Here are the details. more…

UK silence over demand for Apple data access is farcical, lawyer says

LONDON, Sept 17 : The British government's refusal to confirm whether it has issued an order to bypass encryption to access customer data held by Apple has become farcical, a lawyer for civil rights groups told a London tribunal on Thursday.In January last year, Britain issued an order, known as a technical

Lawyer slams UK government’s 'neither confirm nor deny' stance on Apple encryption order as farce

A civil-rights lawyer told a London tribunal Thursday that the British government’s refusal to admit whether it has ordered Apple to create…

Home Office challenged on ‘farcical’ secrecy over Apple ‘backdoor’ order

The government’s policy to neither confirm nor deny whether it has ordered Apple to provide ‘backdoor’ access to encrypted messages and data stored on Apple’s iCloud is “farcical”, a court heard today. Ben Jaffey KC representing campaign groups Privacy International and Liberty told the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that it was no longer sustainable for the

Apple calls for the UK’s Home Office to admit it secretly ordered ‘backdoor’ into iPhones

Apple has called for the United Kingdom’s Home Office to admit that it secretly ordered the technology giant to create a “backdoor” into iPhones.