Apple has a security nightmare on its hands that’s showing no signs yet of coming to an end. For the first time, the iPhone-maker is making its famously locked-down phones less secure, putting millions of users at risk.

In a bid to boost its surveillance efforts, the UK Government's Home Office reportedly requested a ‘backdoor’ be built into Apple’s end-to-end encryption to allow law enforcement agencies access to user data.

If you live in the UK, the security of your data on Apple devices just took a hit. But if you're anywhere else, you can take steps to bolster your private information. Last week Apple took the unusual step of turning off its highest level of iCloud encryption,

Apple has just removed Advanced Data Protection for iCloud Users in the U.K. Here’s what it means and why it’s a big change for consumers.

Apple says it will stop offering an advanced data security option for British users after the government reportedly demanded that the company provide backdoor access for any data those users have stored in the cloud.

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

Apple has announced that it has removed the Advanced Data Protection iCloud feature from the United Kingdom. The UK government had previously demanded that Apple add a backdoor to the feature in order to allow it to access encrypted data for global users.