Apple's encryption row with UK should not be secret, court rules

Apple's encryption row with UK should not be secret, court rules Just now Share Save Tom Singleton & Liv McMahon Technology reporters Share Save Getty Images A judge has sided with a coalition of civil liberties groups and news organisations - including the BBC - and ruled a legal row between the UK government and Apple over data privacy cannot be held in secret. The Home Office wants the right to be able access information secured by Apple's Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system, citing powers given to it under the Investigatory Powers Act. At the moment Apple has no such capability - such data can only be accessed by the user - and says it does not want to create what it calls a "backdoor" into ADP because of concerns it would eventually be exploited by hackers and criminals. The government's request prompted fierce criticism from privacy campaigners and some US politicians. In February, Apple pulled ADP from the UK and in March it launched legal proceedings against the governmen ... Read full article.