UK two-tier encryption debate
The gist
UK users have been unable to enable Apple's Advanced Data Protection since Feb 21, 2025.
The dispute now centers on whether the UK can keep the underlying order secret.
How it unfolded
- 2014 -01Tim Cook told ABC News there was "no back door" and that the government would have to "cart us out in a box" to get access.
- Dec 2, 2015Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik carried out the San Bernardino terrorist attack, killing 14 people and wounding 22.
- 2016 -02Tim Cook called the requested software the "equivalent of cancer" and a "master key"; FBI Director James Comey said marketing devices that let someone place themselves beyond the law troubled him.