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Well done Starman opening the uk public to scammers.
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Apple removes highest level of data protection from UK in row over Home Office demand
Apple said it was 'gravely disppointed' to be removing Advanced Data Protection (ADP) after the Home Office demanded access to encrypted files stored in the cloud

Apple has removed its highest level of data protection from UK customers after the Government demanded access to user data.

The company said it was "gravely disappointed", blaming the Home Office for demanding the ability to access encrypted files stored in the cloud.

The tech giant has confirmed it is removing a tool called Advanced Data Protection (ADP) from use in the UK. Under this system only account holders could view files as they were end-to-end encrypted.

Apple said in a statement: "Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection (ADP) in the United Kingdom to new users and current UK users will eventually need to disable this security feature.

"ADP protects iCloud data with end-to-end encryption, which means the data can only be decrypted by the user who owns it, and only on their trusted devices.

"We are gravely disappointed that the protections provided by ADP will not be available to our customers in the UK given the continuing rise of data breaches and other threats to customer privacy."

It said it had never "built a backdoor" to any of its products - and never will.

Cyber security expert Prof Alan Woodward told the BBC it was a "very disappointing development" - amounting to "an act of self harm" by the government.

He said: "All the UK government has achieved is to weaken online security and privacy for UK based users It was naïve of the UK government to think they could tell a US technology company what to do globally."

In a statement the Home Office said: "We do not comment on operational matters, including for example confirming or denying the existence of any such notices."

Has Ken Hodcroft taken over the Home Office communications room?

Goodbye free world, think I'll move to Russia.

no good people bleeting about being scammed when their lives are run on line. use it only when you needs to do even if the world is making it harder to do so.

I had my identity stolen not by online transactions, the person who I think it was them who rented my flat, the person was in debt and got hold my details through the rental contract. The said person managed to open a TSB bank account and get a debit card, a credit card from another company and another credit card application which was pending. Fortunately all my mail was redirected to my daughters, ironically I found out between Christmas and New Year, called the fraud departments of the said companies, all closed till after the New Year.
When i eventually got in touch with the bank they obviously wouldn’t disclose how it happened but the person knew a lot of personal details about me.

Sorry to hear that,Jamie.

Thing about Apple is, And if anyone owns their devices will know.
Once the encryption is lowered, I would think it would simple gain accesss to those devices and details.

big question is how many have been scammed at least once but carry on regardless to get it happening again. for me its like counting your money in a bloody gale and expect not to lose anything. you would think the who on line transaction thing was set up for scammers like supermarkets encourage shop lifters especially the diy tills. know more than one who had never thought of shoplifting in their lives have fallen into the trap of those in the same way i,m sure some scammers due to the info they are able to collect it have done the same to a faceless individual who could just be easy be poor than mega rich.

So who are you now…

Naughty.

Same as I was then, should have put it in inverted commas so you could understand Snowy.