Apple has quietly withdrawn its most advanced iCloud encryption from new UK customers after the Home Office reportedly insisted on a way to access Britons' encrypted backups, prompting the iPhone maker to challenge a secret government order before Britain's surveillance court.
Apple filed a complaint last month with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal after the Home Office reportedly issued a revised demand requiring the company to maintain the capability to access encrypted iCloud backups belonging to British users. The reported order followed an earlier request that would have extended beyond the UK before it was withdrawn.
