Secret court hearing on iCloud encryption underway amid demands to make it public

A secret court hearing on iCloud encryption began on Friday, amid calls in both the UK and US to make the proceedings public. The British government is demanding that Apple create backdoor access, not just for the personal data of British citizens, but for all iCloud users worldwide … The British government’s worldwide attack on ADP By default, some iCloud data uses weak encryption – where Apple holds a copy of the key, and can be required to share data with governments on receipt of a court order – while some uses strong encryption, where only the iCloud user and their devices hold the key. Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP) is a privacy feature which allows Apple users to activate end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for almost all of their iCloud data. With ADP enabled, Apple has no access to the data, and would be unable to comply with any government demands. The British government’s demand would have forced Apple to break ADP. Instead of complying, Apple withdrew the feature from ... Read full article.