Apple has a security nightmare on its hands that’s showing no signs yet of coming to an end. For the first time, the iPhone-maker is making its famously locked-down phones less secure, putting millions of users at risk.

Trump criticizes UK for demanding backdoor into Apple's encrypted cloud storage, compares move to China's authoritarian surveillance tactics.

Apple has made significant concessions to the UK government by disabling the Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature in iCloud for users in the United Kingdom. This move, which occurred last week, has raised serious concerns among cybersecurity and data protection experts,

Security officials argue that encryption hinders criminal investigations, while tech firms defend it as essential to user privacy.

In a bid to boost its surveillance efforts, the UK Government's Home Office reportedly requested a ‘backdoor’ be built into Apple’s end-to-end encryption to allow law enforcement agencies access to user data.

Apple on February 21 withdrew its Advanced Data Protection feature from the United Kingdom following government demands for backdoor access

Apple has just removed Advanced Data Protection for iCloud Users in the U.K. Here’s what it means and why it’s a big change for consumers.