The United Kingdom sought to force Apple to give it “backdoor” access to private customer data, according to court documents.
Court filings viewed by multiple outlets, including the Financial Times and the BBC, indicated that London sought deeper access to private customer data than previously thought, seeking access to Apple’s iCloud service. It shows that the U.K. hasn’t yet acquiesced to the Trump administration’s demand to drop the effort to access U.S. citizens’ private information. Trump administration officials said last week that the U.K. “agreed to drop” the effort.
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