It seems that the UK government has quietly cleansed encryption suggestions from the official web pages, just weeks after Apple’s cloud storage service, just asking for backdoor access to the encrypted data stored on the iCloud.
This change was seen by the security expert Elike Free, who wrote A blog post on Wednesday The UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) is no longer suggesting that high -risk individuals use encryption to protect their sensitive information.
The NCSC published a document titled “Barrister, Salace and CyberScureti Tips for legal professionals”, suggesting the use of encryption tools such as Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP).
ADP allows users to end the encryption from the end for their i -cloud backup, making it effectively impossible for anyone, including Apple and government officials, which has to watch data stored on the iCloud.
NCSC Documentation URL now redirects one A different page There is no mention of encryption or ADP. Instead, it suggests that endangered people use Apple’s lockdown mode, a “extreme” security tool that restricts access to some functions and features.
Free reported that the original document, is still accessible Way back machine“Wholesale has been deleted from the Internet.” Tech Crunch could not find any encryption advice on the UK government website.
The UK Home Office and the NCSC did not answer the Tech Crunch questions.
Eliminating encryption suggestions comes after the British Government weeks Secretly ordered Apple to make a backdoor This will give authorities access to users’ encrypted iCloud data.
After the order, first notified Washington PostApple pulls its ADP feature in the UK, and Verification Tech Crunch that this feature will no longer be made available to new users in the UK, and its existing users will eventually need to disable it.
Is Apple Challenging Investigative Powers Tribunal (IPT) Order of UK Data Access Order, Financial Times Notified this week.