Apple has a security nightmare on its hands that’s showing no signs yet of coming to an end. For the first time, the iPhone-maker is making its famously locked-down phones less secure, putting millions of users at risk.

When it comes to the fundamentals of security, I think that on this Big Tech (eg, Apple) is right and Big Gov (eg, the UK) is wrong.

In a bid to boost its surveillance efforts, the UK Government's Home Office reportedly requested a ‘backdoor’ be built into Apple’s end-to-end encryption to allow law enforcement agencies access to user data.

Security officials argue that encryption hinders criminal investigations, while tech firms defend it as essential to user privacy.

The UK's demand for an encryption backdoor in iCloud, and Apple's response, have repercussions that go far beyond national borders, threatening user privacy and security worldwide.

Apple says it will stop offering an advanced data security option for British users after the government reportedly demanded that the company provide backdoor access for any data those users have stor

Apple Inc. is removing its most advanced encrypted security feature for cloud data in the UK, a stunning development that follows the government ordering the company to build a backdoor for accessing user data.