Talk of backdoors in encrypted services is once again doing the rounds after reports emerged that the U.K. government is seeking to force Apple to open up iCloud’s end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) device backup offering. Officials were said to be leaning on Apple to create a >>backdoor<< in the service that would allow state actors to [...] First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/02/15/what-is-an-encryption-backdoor/