Apple takes legal action against Govt for backdoor order

Apple is taking legal action in an attempt to overturn a demand by the UK government to view its customers’ private data if needed. It has appealed to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, an independent court with the authority to investigate claims against the Security Service. It follows Home Office demands in January that Apple allow security officials to access the encrypted data of Apple users if there’s a national-security threat. Apple could have created a ‘backdoor’ into its services for t...