UK agrees to drop encryption 'backdoor' mandate for Apple

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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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