Apple said Friday 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 stored in the cloud.

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

Apple's decision to withdraw iCloud end-to-end encryption in the United Kingdom has privacy and security advocates worried that the British government could scan

With the UK government bent on sideling end-to-end encryption, Apple has resorted to removing its prestigious cloud encryption feature.

Advanced Data Protection, an optional feature that adds end-to-end encryption for security across a wide range of user data, is no longer available in the UK for new users, and current UK users will eventually need to disable this security feature,

Advanced Data Protection, an optional feature that extends end-to-end encryption to a wide range of user data, is no longer available in the UK for new users and current UK users will eventually need to disable this security feature,