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Apple, in a first, drops end-to-end cloud encryption for UK users

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Advanced Data Protection encryption feature is no longer available for new users in the United Kingdom .

Apple says it will eventually disable the feature for existing users.

British security officials reportedly demanded Apple create so-called backdoor access to data stored in the cloud.

The Washington Post report said the government ordered Apple to provide access under a sweeping law called the Investigatory Powers Act .

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