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.

In an unprecedented step, Apple caved to a reported U.K. government’s demand to prevent users from using end-to-end encryption in iCloud.