As of February 21, Apple device users in the UK began seeing a notice that the iCloud end-to-end encryption feature is no longer available in their region. That stems from a secret order recently issued by the Home Office, only made known to the public due to inside sources leaking it to the media, requiring Apple to start implementing backdoor access to encrypted cloud data and to begin complying immediately.
The UK government is once again leaning on Apple for unrestricted access to the cloud backup data of its users. Apple would not be able to warn users that the UK’s required backdoor had been implemented and that their encrypted iCloud data was no longer entirely safe.
Faced with unrelenting policy, Apple has reportedly turned over servers containing iCloud data to the charge of the Chinese government.



