THREE QUESTIONS ABOUT APPLE, ENCRYPTION, AND THE U.K.

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Cryptographer Matthew Green discusses the backdoor request that the UK government made from Apple and Apple's subsequent decision to disable their encrypted cloud backup feature. He discusses three different points around how seriously Apple has taken encryption for customers, the exact asks from the UK government as well as the ramifications, and how Apple might respond. Green ends on a note that the exit makes the UK Government's request for backdoor moot, but it's unclear what will happen to users who already had Advanced Data Protection enabled, whether they would retain the encryption or be forced to downgrade.