# Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Backdoor - MacRumors

<https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/07/uk-government-orders-access-icloud/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Now it is the UK's turn to go after encryption.

> The undisclosed order is said to have been issued last month, and requires that Apple creates a back door that allows UK security officials unencumbered access to encrypted user data worldwide – an unprecedented demand not before seen in any other democratic country.

Encryption needs to be defended as a fundamental right to use. We have the right to secrets, and that should extend to our use of technology as well.

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