# The UK Government Forced Apple to Remove Advanced Data Protection: What Does This Mean for You?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/the-uk-government-forced-apple-to-remove-advanced-data-protection-what-does-this-mean-for-you/25351
**Category:** Articles
**Created:** 2025-02-28T17:37:19Z
**Posts:** 4

## Post 1 by @em — 2025-02-28T17:37:19Z

> **[The UK Government Forced Apple to Remove Advanced Data Protection: What Does...](https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/28/uk-forced-apple-to-remove-adp/)**
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> The UK government has served a technical capability notice to Apple under the UK Investigatory Act. Apple's response was to remove the Advanced Data Protection feature from the UK this week. What does this mean for Apple users in the UK and for...

Hi Everyone! Today’s new article is on this week’s news about Apple removing access to Advanced Data Protection in the UK.

Why this happened, why it’s bad news, and what to do about it if you are located in the UK, or if you are in the rest of the world :unlocked::green_apple::united_kingdom:

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## Post 2 by @jonah — 2025-02-28T17:37:40Z



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## Post 3 by @ignoramous — 2025-03-01T08:19:39Z

> What does this mean for you?

What does this mean for PG? Should services subject to UK’s IPA or Sweden’s 2020:62 be recommended in certain high-risk categories (like encrypted mail, search engines, browsers, messengers, VPNs)?

This forum should talk more about that.

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## Post 4 by @ignoramous — 2025-03-02T11:14:28Z

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> Should services subject to UK’s IPA

I’ve asked SimpleX to take a look: [SimpleX vs. Cwtch, who is right? - #75 by ignoramous](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/simplex-vs-cwtch-who-is-right/19256/75)

I haven’t analysed their client/protocol like @maqp has, but things may or may not be as dire as they were for Apple, as the SimpleX client (&its relays/servers?) is open source.

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## Post 5 by @system — 2025-09-19T17:57:04Z



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## Post 6 by @system — 2025-11-05T05:48:14Z