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US lawmakers denounce UK’s secretive attack against Apple encryption

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers are coming to Apple’s defense over the UK government’s attempts to get backdoor access to users’ iCloud data, demanding that the UK remove the cloak of secrecy surrounding the order.

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Apple is in a battle with the government of the United Kingdom over iCloud privacy, with a secret hearing by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal on Friday set to consider an appeal. However, the closed-door hearing at the High Court isn’t being made public at all, something U.S. lawmakers are unhappy about.

A bipartisan letter from the U.S. Congress to the President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal published on Thursday demands that the IPT “remove the cloak of secrecy related to notices given to American technology companies by the United Kingdom.

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