Apple, Tulsi Gabbard and US intelligence
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Gabbard decries Britain’s reported demand for Apple to provide backdoor access to users’ cloud data
Gabbard says DOJ downplayed U.K. demand for Apple ‘back door,’ WaPo reports
U.S. director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard calls the U.K.’s order for Apple (AAPL) to add an iCloud backdoor an “egregious” violation
US intelligence chief criticises UK demand for Apple data ‘back door’
Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, has hit out at the UK’s demand that Apple build a “back door” in its iCloud security system, saying such a move would be an “egregious violation” of Americans’ privacy that may breach the two countries’ data agreement.
Earlier this year, the UK government asked for the right to see the data, which currently not even Apple can access. The tech giant last week took the unprecedented step of removing its highest level data security tool from customers in the UK.
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she has serious concerns about the British government's reported demand that Apple provide backdoor access to any data stored in the cloud. In a written response to members of Congress,
US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard called for an investigation after the UK government ordered Apple Inc. to build a backdoor into the global data of its customers.
The order required Apple to develop the capability to defeat the strong encryption in its optional Advanced Data Protection cloud data storage.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is going to bat for civil liberties against the overreaching British government.
Tulsi Gabbard called the order, which demands Apple permit the United Kingdom backdoor access into global users’ iCloud backups, a “clear and egregious” violation of Americans’ privacy.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has condemned the United Kingdom's demand for Apple Inc. to create a "backdoor" to encrypted iCloud accounts, calling it a "clear and egregious violation of Americans' privacy and civil liberties.
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