UK could secretly block security worldwide, says Apple

Apple has attacked what it calls the UK’s “unprecedented overreach” in proposing that it have the power of veto over all Big Tech security features across the globe.

UK Houses of Parliament
UK Houses of Parliament

The UK’s House of Lords is due to debate an update to the country’s Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016 on January 30, 2024. In a much earlier form in 2015, the IPA was slammed by Apple for how it then proposed breaking encryption.

According to BBC News, Apple is now attacking the latest update proposals. Apple is against the UK having a veto over security updates, and also over how if the country were to exercise that veto, no Big Tech firm could even say that it has.

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