--- title: Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for... description: Apple has filed a complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal challenging a second government 'technical capability notice' demanding access to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-challenges-uk-government-s-latest-demand-for-icloud-backdoor-report-krgqy0el8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report | daily.dev og:description: Apple has filed a complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal challenging a second government 'technical capability notice' demanding access to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-challenges-uk-government-s-latest-demand-for-icloud-backdoor-report-krgqy0el8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/krgQY0El8.png og:image:alt: Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple has filed a complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal challenging a second government 'technical capability notice' demanding access to encrypted iCloud data. The order, issued in October 2025, effectively requests a backdoor into iCloud backups protected by Advanced Data Protection (ADP), which provides end-to-end encryption inaccessible even to Apple. This follows a similar 2025 dispute in which the UK's first order was dropped after US government intervention, and Apple subsequently removed ADP availability for UK users. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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