US lawmakers want UK briefing on backdoor order to Apple


A view of a signage outside an Apple store in London, Britain, January 13, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

BRUSSELS, ⁠Feb 25 (Reuters) - U.S. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan and ⁠Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast on Wednesday asked the British ‌government to brief them on its order to Apple to create a back door to its encrypted user data so they could better understand the British ​move.

The two lawmakers last year warned ⁠that such an order could ⁠allow encrypted user data to be exploited by cyber criminals and ⁠authoritarian ‌governments. Britain subsequently dropped its demand, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said in August.

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