UK calls for Apple to allow it to see users' encrypted data

The government has ordered Apple to access users’ encrypted cases and to make allegations of “unprecedented attack” on privacy rights.

According to the Washington Post, the office of the house issued the order last month under the Act of the 2016 Research Authority, allowing authorities to help companies if needed.

This order is asked by the blanket ability to view encrypted materials, not just to access a specific account.

Apple has often said that privacy considers “the basic human right” (PA) (Wire)

The home office said that it would not confirm or deny such order.

Apple has said that privacy considers the “basic human right” and said that its current setting means that no one else can access user data, even Apple itself.

According to the law, Apple can revise the British order, but even during the revision process he cannot delay its request.

In recent years, police and security services around the world have been warned for more access to encrypted communications, which are used by the likes of terrorists and child abusers to escape justice.

But technology companies defended users’ rights to protect privacy and warned that any “behind -the -scenes” to systems could also be abused by criminals or authoritarian regimes.

“We have reported that the British government has ordered Apple to create a back -up that effectively creates encryption for millions of users. There is a history of privacy.

“Big Brother Watch has been ringing alarm on the exact probability of this scenario since the 2016 research authority bill was passed.

“We all want the government to be able to effectively deal with crime and terrorism, but breaking our encryption does not make our encryption safer.

“Instead, the fundamental rights and civil freedoms destroy the entire population – and it does not stop with Apple.

“We call on the British government to immediately eliminate this drama and stop their efforts to hire extensively rather than the targeted powers already available to them.”

“We do not comment on the operational affairs, such as confirming or denying such declarations,” the home office said.