The UK government made a broader attempt to force Apple to provide “back-door” access to private customer data than was previously known, a new court document suggests.
The legal filing, seen by the Financial Times, also indicates the Home Office is yet to modify its demand for Apple to grant access to data belonging to customers outside the UK, despite claims by Trump administration officials last week that the British government had “agreed to drop” its effort to tap American citizens’ private information.
The new court document was published on Wednesday by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), an independent judicial body that examines complaints against the UK security services.