Apple has pulled the plug on its highest level data security tool in the UK, with it confirming that the encryption of UK customer data stored on its cloud storage service, iCloud, has come to an end.
The move follows a row between the American tech firm and the UK Government, which has demanded to be allowed access to encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service – data that Apple could not even access.
Such data held by UK customers can now be accessed by Apple and is shareable with UK law enforcement if they have a…
