Tell the UK Government: Don’t Break Apple's iCloud Encryption

The UK government has secretly ordered Apple to give it access to encrypted personal data stored in iCloud — jeopardizing the privacy and security of millions worldwide.

This demand would force Apple to create a backdoor, giving the government the ability to access anyone’s encrypted data. It’s likely that other governments will follow.

In response, Apple has already halted encrypted iCloud services for people in the UK, making everyone less secure online.

The Mozilla community is urgently calling on the UK’s Home Office to withdraw this demand, and specifically to:

  • Wholly revoke its technical capability notice to Apple demanding access to end-to-end encrypted data;
  • Publish a comprehensive list of other technical capability notices that have required companies to provide backdoor access to users’ encrypted personal data; and
  • Publicly commit to respecting, protecting, and upholding the right to privacy online, including by confirming that the UK government will end its policy of attempting to gain backdoor access to people’s encrypted personal data.

Encryption is our last line of defense for digital privacy — once it's compromised, there's no undoing it. Sign Mozilla’s petition today to tell the UK Home Office to reverse its demand to access Apple’s encrypted iCloud data.

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The UK government has secretly ordered Apple to give it access to encrypted personal data stored in iCloud — jeopardizing the privacy and security of millions worldwide.

This demand would force Apple to create a backdoor, giving the government the ability to access anyone’s encrypted data. It’s likely that other governments will follow.

In response, Apple has already halted encrypted iCloud services for people in the UK, making everyone less secure online.

The Mozilla community is urgently calling on the UK’s Home Office to withdraw this demand, and specifically to:

  • Wholly revoke its technical capability notice to Apple demanding access to end-to-end encrypted data;
  • Publish a comprehensive list of other technical capability notices that have required companies to provide backdoor access to users’ encrypted personal data; and
  • Publicly commit to respecting, protecting, and upholding the right to privacy online, including by confirming that the UK government will end its policy of attempting to gain backdoor access to people’s encrypted personal data.

Encryption is our last line of defense for digital privacy — once it's compromised, there's no undoing it. Sign Mozilla’s petition today to tell the UK Home Office to reverse its demand to access Apple’s encrypted iCloud data.