After vegging out with the rubbers, Apple has stopped going to all its customers in the UK for what it may very well be its most sophisticated, front-to-back security encryption: the storage of all data on the cloud.
The data protection advanced, abbreviated ADP, is one option of being used where only the holders of accounts can view stored items such as images or documents, not even Apple.
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Earlier this month, the British government was said to have made a request for the right to open the data.
Apple would take that as a reason for suspending usage of the tool in the UK.
Now, it will switch off the option for anyone not currently using it and will have a process to phase out existing users.
Security authorities cite encryption as a hindrance to successful investigations. While on the other hand, tech companies laud it as a tool for ensuring privacy to the users.
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Thus, it will translate to the loss of end-to-end iCloud backup in encryption so that in some cases, messages through iMessage, if otherwise protected, will be readable by Apple and could be presented to law enforcement on legal compulsion.
Under every circumstance, even after making it end-to-end encrypted, Apple cannot have access to the data.
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“We are gravely disappointed that the protections provided by ADP will not be available to our customers in the UK given the continuing rise of data breaches and other threats to customer privacy,” Apple said in a statement.
“Enhancing the security of cloud storage with end-to-end encryption is more urgent than ever before.
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“Apple remains committed to offering our users the highest level of security for their personal data and are hopeful that we will be able to do so in the future in the United Kingdom.”
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