Security Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order

[J65nko]

From https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/...ipt_complaint/:

Apple has reportedly filed a legal complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) contesting the British government's order that it must forcibly break the encryption of iCloud data.

The appeal will be the first of its kind lodged with the IPT, an independent judicial body that oversees legal complaints against potential unlawful actions by a public authority or UK intelligence services, according to the Financial Times, which broke the news.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I can't believe Keir Starmer's "Labour" (in name only) government has put me in a position of support for Apple.

This is what happens when corporate interests manage to buy all the politicians and capture representative democracy.

[blackhole]

The Investigatory Powers Bill 2016 was mostly pushed through parliament by the Tories under the May administration. Having said that, there were those among Labour, mostly Blairites, who voted in favour. It comes as no surprise really - "New Labour" were big on extending the reach of the surveillance state.