Apple, how is reported, still under pressure to give the country in the UK back ICloud access

The UK government is still looking for access Apple’s iCloud ServicesAccording to the new report, with his request to access people apparently even wider than it originally thought.

According to the legal submission he saw Financial timesThe United Kingdom in the UK wanted to back access to ICloud services standards in addition to those who are secured with the highest level of encryption.

Just last week, President Donald Trump director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said that the United Kingdom and the United States came agreementwhich resulted in the Grand British to reject their request in Apple. Submission of financial times suggests that this is not in fact the case and that the request continues.

Representatives for Apple and the Home Office did not answer the comment requests.

The US government was especially interested in the UK request, which was was initially reported in JanuaryBecause this would not simply provide access to data belonging to British citizens, but to all ICloud users globally.

Neither the mother office nor Apple has publicly compromised reports that the Government Government has requested Tech. But in February, Apple pulled advanced data protection The security tool for ICloud users in the UK, saying it is “hard disappointed” that must make a move. In March, the company launched a legal challenge of objection at the request of the Government.

In the legal submission of financial times, the home office request has not only applied to the data protected by ADP, but to all iCloud data, including “data categories saved within the cloud-based reserve service.” This could include saved passwords and messages.

The UK Government request is enabled by Law on Investigative Forces – They are trained to critics as “Snooper’s Charter” – designed to help implement laws to investigate terrorism and sexual abuse of children. But with a striking Apple to create a way to circumvent its own security measures, it opens the entire system of the company to exploit bad actors.

“Once you open the back, you really have no tight control of who passes through it,” Oli Buckley said, Professor of Cybergenity at the University of Loughborough. “The request from the home office does not only ask for Apple to be a spare key for them. Instead, they are effectively looking to ensure that every house in the street uses the same key.”

It could make it suitable for investigators, he added, but it all puts at risk in the process.