Apple has removed its strongest iCloud data protection for customers in the UK, as a refusal to comply with a government order demanding backdoor access to user data. Apple has a security feature called Advanced Data Protection,

Security officials argue that encryption hinders criminal investigations, while tech firms defend it as essential to user privacy.

Apple is scrapping its most advanced security encryption feature for cloud data in Britain, the company said on Friday, an unprecedented response to government demands for access to user data.

The company said it was "gravely disappointed" to no longer be able to offer Advanced Data Protection to iPhone users in the UK.

This is in response to an allegedly secret order from the British government requiring a backdoor to circumvent Apple’s security and access encrypted user data.