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JD Vance forced Sir Keir Starmer’s Government to drop its demand for “backdoor” access to users’ iPhone messages.
Tulsi Gabbard said in a post on X the UK had agreed to drop its instruction for the tech giant to provide a "back door" which would have "enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens and encroached on our civil liberties".
Apple CEO Tim Cook kept his August winning streak alive as the US backed Apple against the UK in an encrypted user data dispute.
After the UK ordered Apple to offer a backdoor, security experts raised concerns that such a feature could lead to hackers exploiting it.
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The UK government has reportedly retreated from its plans to compel Apple to disclose encrypted user data, as per the US intelligence chief under President Trump. Tulsi Gabbard informed the Financial Times that the government has decided to relinquish its demands for a "back door" to data,