Apple appeals to overturn UK government's 'back door' order,...

LONDON - Apple has appealed a British government order to create a "back door" in its most secure cloud storage systems, the Financial Times reported on March 4, citing people familiar with the matter. The iPhone maker removed its most advanced security encryption for cloud data, called Advanced Data Protection (ADP), in Britain in February, in what was an unprecedented response to government demands for access to user data. That means Apple can access iCloud backups in certain cases that it otherwise could not, such as copies of iMessages, and hand it over to authorities if legally compelled. With end-to-end encryption enabled, even Apple could not access the data. Governments and tech giants have long been locked in a battle over strong encryption to protect consumers' communications, which the authorities view as an obstacle to mass surveillance and crime fighting programs. But Bri...