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WhatsApp Backs Apple in UK Encryption Fight

8 articles • Started over 1 year ago • Last updated over 1 year ago

WhatsApp and parent company Meta threw their support behind Apple in June as the tech giant faced UK demands to create an encryption backdoor for iCloud access. U.S. lawmakers also sided with Apple against the British government's push for weakened encryption. By late July, the UK reversed course and backed down from its demands after pressure from U.S. officials, including Vice President J.D. Vance, effectively ending the dispute.

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