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On February 7th this year, Joseph Menn reported from the Washington Post that officials in the United Kingdom had contacted Apple to demand the company allows them to access data from any iCloud user worldwide. This included users who had activated Apple's Advanced Data Protection, effectively requesting Apple break its strong end-to-end encrypted feature.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/28/uk-forced-apple-to-remove-adp