The United Kingdom loses an attempt to keep Apple calling the iPhone ‘Backdoor’ a secret

Apple Triumphed out of the British government’s effort to keep the secret details of its attraction against a prescription for creating a “stolen door” to data from iPhone users.

The United Kingdom’s investigation court published a decision on Monday rejecting the government’s attempt to prevent details from a hearing on the appeal to be made public. The government had attempted to keep the information secret on the grounds that it posed risks to national security.

Judges Rabinder Singh and Judge Jeremy Johnson said in their decision that the British government’s request to keep the details of the private hearing “would be the most fundamental interference with the principle of open justice.”

“It would have been a truly extraordinary step to carry out an audience entirely in secret without any public revelation because a hearing has taken place,” they said.

The British home office was not immediately available to comment when it was contacted by CNBC.

The decision relates to an appeal launched by Apple against a request from the British government to allow managers to access the encrypted data of iPhone users via a technical “rear door”.

This stolen door would allow the government to access the information guaranteed by the Advanced Data Protection System (ADP), which applies an end -to -end encryption to a wide range of iCloud data.

In the United States, in the United Kingdom and the EU, have long expressed their dissatisfaction with end-to-end encryption, arguing that this allows criminals, terrorists and sex delinquents to hide illegal activity.

In the United Kingdom, the 2016 survey powers of investigation allows the government to force technological companies to weaken their encryption technologies by so-called “bathtubs”-a very controversial policy for technology industry and confidentiality activists.

Apple – which is known for its pro -privière position – has rejected efforts to weaken its encryption tools, saying that it would undermine its safety and put users in danger.

Following the government’s order, Apple removed its ADP system for British users in February. In a blog article at the time, the technology giant said that he had “never built a stolen or master of the master for none of our products or services and that we will never do it”.

“We are deeply disappointed that our customers in the United Kingdom will no longer have the possibility of allowing the advanced data protection (ADP), in particular given the rise in data violations and other threats to customer confidentiality,” said Apple in the position.

“Apple remains determined to offer our users the highest level of security for their personal data and we hope that we can do it in the future in the United Kingdom.”