LABOUR’S demand for Apple to grant authorities access to encrypted cloud data poses a serious threat to the privacy rights of users worldwide, human rights groups have warned.
The Washington Post reported that the secret order was issued by the Home Office in January.
It concerns Advanced Data Protection, an iPhone setting which uses end-to-end encryption on cloud-stored data to ensure only users can access it.
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
While claiming to target fraud, Labour’s snooping Bill strips benefit recipients of privacy rights and presumption of innocence, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE, warning that algorithms with up to 25 per cent error rates could wrongfully investigate and harass millions of vulnerable people



