Subj : "I have nothing to hide" - our readers react to Apple getting sec
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Sat Mar 15 2025 11:15:07

"I have nothing to hide" - our readers react to Apple getting secret hearing 
in appeal against UK government

Date:
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:01:00 +0000

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As a legal challenge is brought against the UK, we see what TechRadar readers 
think.

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======================================================================Apple's 
appeal against the British Government to be heard in secret The tech giant is 
fighting a request to build a back door into its encryption We polled 
TechRadar users for their thoughts - here's what you said 

It looks likely Apples legal appeal against the UK government will be heard 
at a secret hearing at the High Court, the BBC reports , following Apples 
promise to never build a back door. 

Apple recently pulled its end-to-end encryption service, Advanced Data 
Protection (ADP) from UK devices following an alleged request from the 
British government to build a backdoor into the encryption, which would allow 
access for law enforcement agencies. 

As we await the result of the appeal, we asked our TechRadar readers their 
thoughts via our WhatsApp channel (if youre interested, you can join here ) - 
and the results might surprise you... Results are in 

When asked, Would you want your government to have access to private 
encrypted data, our readers voted overwhelmingly in favor of Apples decision, 
with 67% choosing the option My data is private - I wouldn't want my 
Government to have access. 

A small number of our readers (8%) said they had no issue with their 
government having a master key to their encryption, choosing the option, I 
would not care as I have nothing to hide - but a quarter of respondents felt 
law enforcement should have access only in extreme circumstances. 

The US Director of National Intelligence called the request a  clear and 
egregious violation of Americans privacy and civil liberties, since the 
request would have extraterritorial powers - sparking grave concern not just 
for privacy, but for fears that this would open up a serious vulnerability 
for cyber exploitation by adversarial actors. 

The tech giants appeal is due to be considered by the Investigatory Powers 
Tribunal, which is an independent court with the power to investigate claims 
against the UK intelligence services. 

There is no easy answer to this conundrum, said Matt Aldridge, Senior 
Principal Solutions Consultant at OpenText Cybersecurity. 

Either a system has trust no one end-to-end encryption or it doesnt, there 
are no halfway houses here, so Apple are taking a pragmatic approach by 
removing the service for UK users, rather than effectively putting a backdoor 
into their systems which could impact the privacy of their over 1 billion 
other users around the world. You might also like Take a look at our picks 
for the best VPN around Check out our recommendations for the best encrypted 
messaging apps for Android Apple to take legal action against British 
Government over backdoor request



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/apple-gets-secret-hearing-in-appeal-aga
inst-uk-government-readers-reaction


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