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by Alec Muffett

In This Blog Post: Links to Media coverage of the UK Home Office TCN / Technical Capability Notice demand for a backdoor into iCloud & iMessage Backups

I’ll add links to postings as comments, below.

Click for access. Check back for updates.

See also: https://github.com/alecmuffett/ready-made-twitter-searches#apple-uk-home-office-tcn-on-imessage-icloud-backup-encryption

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61 responses to “In This Blog Post: Links to Media coverage of the UK Home Office TCN / Technical Capability Notice demand for a backdoor into iCloud & iMessage Backups”

  1. alecm

    https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-asks-apple-let-it-spy-users-encrypted-accounts-washington-post-reports-2025-02-07/

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  2. alecm

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/uk-orders-apple-to-let-it-access-encrypted-accounts-washington-post.html

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  3. alecm

    https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/02/07/1150200/uk-orders-apple-to-let-it-spy-on-users-encrypted-accounts

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  4. alecm

    https://therecord.media/uk-government-reportedly-demands-backdoor-apple-icloud

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  5. alecm

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/07/uk-confronts-apple-with-demand-for-cloud-backdoor-to-users-encrypted-data

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  6. alecm

    https://www.independent.co.uk/business/home-office-orders-apple-to-let-it-access-users-encrypted-files-report-b2694136.html

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  7. alecm

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk/

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  8. alecm

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

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  9. alecm

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20g288yldko

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  10. alecm

    https://www.theverge.com/news/608145/apple-uk-icloud-encrypted-backups-spying-snoopers-charter

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  11. alecm

    https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/uk-officials-are-reportedly-demanding-backdoor-access-to-apple-icloud-accounts-113556534.html

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  12. alecm

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/07/britain-apple-encrypted-data-terrorism-child-abuse/

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  13. alecm

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/uk-orders-apple-to-let-it-spy-on-users-encrypted-accounts/ar-AA1yzETB

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  14. alecm

    https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/uk-government-demands-apple-backdoor-to-encrypted-cloud-data-report/

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  15. alecm

    https://x.com/matthew_d_green/status/1887836207817593036 (thread)

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  16. alecm

    https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/02/uk-orders-apple-to-implement-secret-global-backdoor-for-end-to-end-encryption/

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  17. alecm

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42972086

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  18. alecm

    https://x.com/privacyint/status/1887884027069096296 (thread)

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  19. alecm

    https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/07/british-government-secretly-ordered-apple-to-create-a-worldwide-icloud-backdoor/

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  20. alecm

    https://x.com/Reuters/status/1887882762801328483 (video snippet)

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  21. alecm

    https://x.com/jsrailton/status/1887902463875019030 (thread)

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  22. alecm

    https://x.com/KayJebelli/status/1887902532430958745 (thread)

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  23. alecm

    https://x.com/CNLiberalism/status/1887883172542550225

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  24. alecm

    https://itif.org/publications/2025/02/07/uk-anti-encryption-order-is-a-threat-to-digital-privacy-and-security-globally/

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  25. alecm

    https://www.ft.com/content/57b391a0-c531-4cde-a5e9-c5d60b21a161

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  26. alecm

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2467355-is-the-uk-about-to-force-apple-to-reveal-all-of-your-encrypted-data/

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  27. alecm

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/uk-orders-apple-to-create-back-door-for-access-to-encrypted-user-data/articleshow/118018874.cms

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  28. alecm

    https://news.sky.com/story/apple-ordered-by-uk-government-to-let-it-access-users-encrypted-files-reports-13304724

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  29. alecm

    https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1887899709739590059

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  30. alecm

    https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/home_office_apple_backdoor_order/

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  31. alecm

    https://www.thetimes.com/article/0022ed58-3d06-49bf-a644-33294c48ca11?shareToken=23cba4c929ecbc9625a2bed45ab06738

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  32. alecm

    https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/uk-government-undermines-security-with-demands-for-apple-encrypted-data/

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  33. alecm

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/uks-demands-apple-break-encryption-emergency-us-all

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  34. alecm

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/apple-ordered-by-uk-to-build-backdoor-to-access-customer-data

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  35. alecm

    https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/tech/uk-demands-apple-allow-spying-on-users-worldwide-wapo/

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  36. alecm

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/uk-demands-apple-break-encryption-to-allow-govt-spying-worldwide-reports-say/

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  37. alecm

    https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618999/Tech-companies-brace-after-UK-demands-back-door-access-to-Apple-cloud-Tech-companies-brace-for-more

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  38. alecm

    https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/uk-orders-apple-to-break-encryption-worldwide-while-world-is-distracted/

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  39. alecm

    https://bsky.app/profile/wyden.senate.gov/post/3lhm4375d3c2c

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  40. alecm

    https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/uk-is-ordering-apple-to-break-its-own-encryption.html

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  41. alecm

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2025/02/07/uk-orders-apple-to-open-up-encrypted-messages-worldwide/

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  42. alecm

    https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/07/uk-demands-apple-cloud-data/78340329007/

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  43. alecm

    https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/uk-government-reportedly-demands-backdoor-access-your-apple-icloud-account/

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  44. alecm

    https://alecmuffett.com/article/112338 – Ciaran Martin

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  45. alecm

    https://freedom.press/issues/secret-uk-spy-order-imperils-press-freedom/

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  46. alecm

    https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/02/13/uks-iphone-spying-backdoor-demand-sparks-bipartisan-us-lawmaker-anger

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  47. alecm

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bipartisan-letter-warns-gabbard-new-uk-order-backdoor-apple-data-could-jeopardize-americans

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  48. Isolate – net.wars

    […] be seen what Apple decides to do and whether we can trust what the company tells us. At his blog, Alec Muffett is collecting ongoing coverage of events. The Future of Privacy Forum celebrated Safer Internet Day, February 11, with an […]

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  49. alecm

    https://www.theverge.com/news/617273/apple-removes-encryption-advanced-data-protection-adp-uk-spying-backdoor

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  50. alecm

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo

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  51. alecm

    https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/02/21/apple-turns-off-data-protection-in-the-uk-rather-than-comply-with-backdoor-mandate

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  52. alecm

    https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-removing-end-to-end-cloud-encryption-feature-uk-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-02-21/

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  53. alecm

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-21/apple-removes-end-to-end-encryption-feature-from-uk-after-backdoor-order?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MDE1MTExNSwiZXhwIjoxNzQwNzU1OTE1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUzFDTzlUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJBMUM5MTI0QUI0NDc0QzdGOTMyNTk4OUE5NDU4NDU0QiJ9.2MYjF31XtQRmyOHrZQqnxoTQjShckyfhzzMnjOcC2vs&leadSource=uverify%20wall

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  54. Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row | BBC News – Dropsafe

    […] https://alecmuffett.com/article/112185 […]

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  55. alecm

    https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/02/21/apple-disables-security-feature-for-uk-after-government-demands-backdoor-to-spy-on-users-worldwide/

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  56. alecm

    https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/we-will-never-build-a-backdoor-apple-kills-its-iclouds-end-to-end-encryption-feature-in-the-uk

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  57. alecm

    https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-icloud-end-to-end-encryption-feature-for-uk-users-after-government-demanded-backdoor/

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  58. alecm

    https://uk.pcmag.com/mobile-phones/156803/apple-halts-advanced-data-protection-feature-in-uk-over-encryption-feud

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  59. alecm

    https://ccianet.org/news/2025/02/ccia-uk-responds-to-reports-apple-is-removing-encryption-tool-for-uk-customers/

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  60. alecm

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/21/apple-yanks-encrypted-storage-uk-instead-allowing-backdoor-access/

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  61. alecm

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/apple-government-cybersecurity-data-protection-sky-news-b2702490.html

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