New order in September narrowed access request down to data of UK citizens.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50086884

The UK Home Office demanded in early September that Apple create a means to allow officials access to encrypted cloud backups, but stipulated that the order applied only to British citizens’ data, according to people briefed on the matter.

  • collar@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Don’t think that happened yet when I commented, but there you go - just the justification the UK government is looking for.