- Two US legislators warn against the security risks of the United Kingdom’s rear -rear door order to Apple
- Such rear door to encryption, they said, could be exploited by cybercriminals and authoritarian regimes
- Apple killed her The end -to -end encryption function of Icloud in the United Kingdom in February and is now challenging the order in court
Two US legislators have criticized the United Kingdom’s encryption transca of encryption to Apple, arguing that this could lead to possible risks of cybersecurity for all users around the world.
As reported by PakGazette on May 7, 2025, the Judicial President of the United States House, Jim Jordan, and the President of Foreign Affairs, Brian Mast, wrote a joint letter to the Secretary of the Interior of Great Britain, Yvette Cooper, to warn how such rear door would create “systemic vulnerability” that cyber -length and authoritarian regimes could explode.
Apple killed the end -to -end encryption function of Icloud in the United Kingdom in February after being hit by a low technical capacity notice (TCN) The 2016 investigation powers to allow the police to evaluate user data, regardless of whether they are encrypted. The great technology company is now challenging this request in the Court.
“Systemic vulnerabilities” for all
“Create a rear door in end -to -end encrypted systems, as the TCN does, introduces systemic vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malicious actors, including cybercriminals and authoritarian regimes,” says Jordan and Mast’s letter, as reported by PakGazette.
“These vulnerabilities would not only affect the users of the United Kingdom, but also US citizens and others worldwide, given the global nature of Apple’s services,” added Jordan and Mast.
Recent events such as the Typhoon Salt attack in all the main telecommunications of the US. Even FBI and CISA experts have been calling citizens to change encrypted services after this unprecedented cyber attack.
Jordan and Mast also urge the United Kingdom Secretary of the United Kingdom to reveal the complete content of the Order to the United States Department of Justice so that legislators can verify if it meets current laws. According to the US agreement.
“We urge the Interior Minister to reconsider the issuance of TCN that require the weakening of the encryption, since such measures come into conflict with international human rights standards, including the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights that undermining the encryption violates privacy rights,” concludes US legislators.
Apple decided to kill its Advanced data protection function (ADP) in the United Kingdom to avoid building a back door in its system.
The ADP is an optional feature that provides an additional protection layer in all data stored in ICLOUD through the use of end -to -end encryption technology. This means that not even Apple can access these files.
Apple’s decision to eliminate advanced data protection occurs after experts warned that an ICLOUD rear door “endangers millions.”
However, Apple has assured that all ICLOUD data categories encrypted by default remain protected. These include the health data of the users, passwords, ICLOUD messages and Apple Pay transactions, as well as IMessage and Facetime data. You can see everyone else on Apple’s support page.
The great technology firm has now sued the United Kingdom government, and the legal battle is currently in the middle of closed doors.
