Apple reportedly challenges the UK’s secretive encryption crackdown
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Summary
Apple has filed an appeal against a secret order by the UK government demanding access to encrypted iCloud files.
The appeal has been made to the country’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal, a body that deals with complaints about the actions of UK intelligence services.
It is expected that the tribunal will consider whether the order issued to Apple was lawful and, if not, it could be quashed.
An unnamed source told the Financial Times that the case could be heard this month.
In January the UK government issued the order under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, targeting the end-to-end encryption option on iCloud backup, which prevents Apple or any other third party from accessing the files.