Apple has stopped offering end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups in the UK due to government demands. UK authorities issued a Capability Notice requiring Apple to provide access to encrypted backups. As a result, the ‘Advanced Data Protection’ feature, which enables full encryption, will no longer be available to new UK users. Existing UK users who already […]
UK ministers have been warned that WhatsApp could disappear from the country due to privacy concerns. The warning comes as a result of a proposed new law that would require messaging platforms to allow law enforcement access to encrypted messages in certain circumstances. WhatsApp currently uses end-to-end encryption, which prevents anyone, including WhatsApp itself, from […]
A recently discovered FBI training document shows that US law enforcement can gain limited access to the content of encrypted messages from secure messaging services like iMessage, Line, and WhatsApp, but not to messages sent via Signal, Telegram, Threema, Viber, WeChat, or Wickr.