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Apple pulls top-level data security tool from UK users

Original: BREAK: Absolutely horrific news for iPhone users in the UK. Apple is removing its highest level data security tool from

Apple is removing its highest level data security tool, Advanced Data Protection, from customers in the UK after the government demanded access to user data. Critics, including technologists and privacy campaigners, are calling it an unprecedented concession — Apple has never withdrawn the feature in any other market. Many warn UK iPhone users will be left with weaker encryption protections.

Why now: The UK government's demand for access to encrypted user data has prompted an unprecedented retreat by Apple, sparking alarm over privacy rights.

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• BREAK: Absolutely horrific news for iPhone users in the UK. Apple is removing its highest level data security tool from customers in the UK, after the government demanded access to user data. This is a move that Apple has never made before in any market. · tomhfh · 64.4K

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