Apple launches new legal challenge to UK attempt to access encrypted user data, FT reports


FILE PHOTO: View of an Apple logo at an Apple store in Paris, France, April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo

LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Apple has ⁠launched a new legal challenge against the British government's latest attempt ⁠to create a so-called backdoor to access encrypted customer data, the Financial ‌Times reported on Monday.

The report said Apple last month lodged a legal complaint at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal — Britain's independent judicial body — over the Interior Ministry's demand that Apple allow it access ​to encrypted cloud backups of data belonging to British ⁠users.

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