Washington – The Washington Post is reporting that the U.K. Government has secretly ordered Apple to create a backdoor giving security services access to users’ encrypted Apple users worldwide. The order, issued under the U.K.’s controversial Investigatory Powers Act, would appear to grant unrestricted access to all users’ end-to-end encrypted files, rather than limiting it to specific accounts.
The Computer & Communications Industry Association has advocated on technology policy since 1972.
The following can be attributed to CCIA President & CEO Matt Schruers:
“As the recent Salt Typhoon breach makes clear, end-to-end encryption may be the only safeguard standing between Americans’ sensitive personal and business data and foreign adversaries.
“Reports that Apple has been secretly ordered by the UK Government to weaken its encryption, including in the United States, are a troubling development, if accurate. Decisions about Americans’ privacy and security should be made in America, in an open and transparent fashion, not through secret orders from abroad requiring keys be left under doormats.”
