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2025-02-21 17:13:39 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7AC72043961963DB6E472BDDED63ECCBC79380A7D06CB348ABE5AA7D98A3DA18
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Apple removed Advanced Data Protection in the UK due to a government order, allowing access to iCloud data with a warrant. iMessage stays encrypted. The breach’s scale is debated, not necessarily the largest ever. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-21/apple-removes-end-to-end-encryption-feature-from-uk-after-backdoor-order https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/21/apple-removing-end-to-encryption-uk/ https://www.theverge.com/news/617273/apple-removes-encryption-advanced-data-protection-adp-uk-spying-backdoor
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