Sniffing law: Does the British government take back in a dispute with Apple?

After massive criticism (and legal countermeasures) of Apple, other operators of messaging platforms such as signal and in particular the involvement of the US government, the application of a British sniffing law could still fail. As the Financial Times reportsthe government of Labor Prime Minister Keir Strandmer is currently looking for a “way out” from the dilemma.

Aurization in Washington: British should add small

According to two well -placed official representatives, Great Britain is about to bend. Great Britain absolutely wants to have a back door in iOS that would also lead to the floppy hats there have access to customer data from the USA (and the rest of the world). But that is exactly what the US government cannot be offered. “This is something that the US Vice President (JD Vance) is very upset about and that has to be solved,” said a representative from the technology department of the British government. “The Ministry of the Interior must basically add small.”

Technology agreements between Great Britain and the USA are at risk if Apple is forced to break its end-to-end encryption. For the United States, this is “a thick red line”. The government in Washington does not want to “build crap with its tech corporations”. The Ministry of the Interior itself is to blame that you are now standing with your back to the wall, according to another high -ranking civil servant. “This is a problem for the Ministry of the Interior, for which it is solely responsible. You are working on avoiding it.”

Application of the Schniffrecht is a secret itself

The controversial sniffing law bears the name UK Investigatory Powers Act. It is only for experts to see through, in addition that its application itself should be completely secret. So Apple could not say publicly that the British government wants an iCloud back door-the iPhone manufacturer could only defend itself in advance. In order to be forced to refract the safe encryption, a (also secret) “Technical Capability Notice” is sufficient to a company. This must then implement what the British Ministry of the Interior demands.

In the meantime, Apple had considered leaving Great Britain in order not to endanger its user data in other countries. In April, the company at least managed to have the confidentiality of the process prevented. In February, Apple had already deducted its best iCloud protection, the so-called Advanced Data Protection (ADP) from Great Britain. The British Ministry of the Interior has now cited Apple in front of its own tribunal to force the group to install the desired back door. In addition to Vance, US President Trump and his security advisor Tulsi Gabbard also showed himself massively critically against the British demands. “It doesn’t work,” said Trump. “This is something you only hear from China.”