The UK government seems to have quietly cleaned encryption tips from government websites, just weeks after applying Backdoor access to encrypted data stored in Apple’s Cloud storage service.
Change was identified by Alec Muffet security expert, who wrote A blog post on Wednesday The fact that the United Kingdom’s National Security Center (NCSC) no longer recommends that high -risk individuals are using encryption to protect their sensitive information.
The NCSC published a document entitled “Cyber Security Advice on Lawyers, Lawyers and Legal Professionals” in October, who informed Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP).
ADP allows users to activate end -to -end encryption for iCloud backups, making it effectively impossible for anyone, including Apple Authorities and Government Authorities, to see data stored in iCloud.
The URL hosting the NCSC document now redirects to a different page This makes no reference to encryption or adp. Instead, it recommends that people at risk use Apple lock function, an “extreme” safety tool that limits access to certain functions and features.
Muffet states that the original document, still accessible The Wayback machinehas “wholesale deletion from the internet”. TechCrunch was unable to find encryption tips on the UK government website.
The UK office and NCSC did not answer TechCrunch questions.
Removing encryption tips comes weeks after the UK government to order Apple to build a backdoor that would give the users’ access to encrypted ICloud data.
After ordering, mentioned for the first time by The Washington PostApple pulled the ADP feature in the United Kingdom and confirmed to TechCrunch that the feature will no longer be available to new users in the United Kingdom and its current users will eventually turn off it.
Apple challenges UK Data Access to the Investigation Court (IPT), The financial times Reported this week.
