Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report

报道：苹果公司挑战英国政府对 iCloud 后门的最新要求

Apple is challenging another legal demand by the U.K. government to access the encrypted data of its users in the country, according to Financial Times. 据《金融时报》报道，苹果公司正在挑战英国政府提出的另一项法律要求，该要求旨在获取其英国用户的加密数据。

The company reportedly filed a complaint with the U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal, a court that hears cases related to government surveillance, after the government last year issued a “technical capability notice.” 据报道，在英国政府去年发布“技术能力通知”（technical capability notice）后，苹果公司向英国调查权力法庭（Investigatory Powers Tribunal，负责审理与政府监控相关案件的法院）提起了申诉。

The notice is a secret government legal order for demanding access to users’ data, even if the data is encrypted. 该通知是一项秘密的政府法律命令，要求获取用户数据，即使这些数据处于加密状态。

For critics, this kind of demand is the equivalent of requesting a backdoor into Apple’s cloud backups that have Advanced Data Protection (ADP) switched on, which makes the data end-to-end encrypted and inaccessible to anyone other than the customer, including Apple. 对于批评人士而言，这种要求等同于要求在开启了“高级数据保护”（ADP）功能的苹果云备份中植入后门。该功能可实现端到端加密，除用户本人外，包括苹果在内的任何人都无法访问这些数据。

This new challenge comes a year after a similar fight between Apple and the U.K. government. In early 2025, London issued a secret order to Apple demanding access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups, which was later dropped following the intervention of the Trump administration. 此次新的挑战发生在一年前苹果与英国政府类似争端之后。2025 年初，伦敦曾向苹果发出秘密命令，要求获取用户加密的 iCloud 备份，但在特朗普政府介入后，该命令随后被撤销。

After the first order, the company reacted by removing the ability of U.K. users to use ADP. Then, in October, the U.K. issued a second order, which Apple is now challenging. 在第一份命令下达后，苹果公司采取了应对措施，取消了英国用户使用 ADP 的功能。随后，英国在 10 月份发布了第二份命令，这正是苹果目前正在挑战的对象。

Apple did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment. 苹果公司未回应 TechCrunch 的置评请求。