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By Kanishka Singh

Aug 20 2025 9:48AM

US spy chief says.

UK agrees to drop encryption 'backdoor' mandate for Apple

Britain has dropped its demand for the iPhone maker Apple to provide a "backdoor" that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens, United States director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said. Gabbard issued the statement on X, saying she had worked for ...

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