Video: Does the UK Govt’s Notice to Apple Enable Surveillance? Privacy International’s Gus Hosein Explains

Recently, Apple withdrew its Advanced Data Protection feature for users in the UK. As per news reports, Apple retracted the feature following repeated demands by the UK government which sought to gain access to Apple users’ encrypted data. The government also reportedly sent a technical capability notice to Apple under the Investigatory Powers Act, a framework allowing law enforcement agencies to obtain communications and metadata from companies for investigatory purposes.

MediaNama journalist Ishika Gupta interviewed Dr. Gus Hosein, Executive Director of Privacy International, who has been vocal against the disproportionate and intrusive surveillance powers of governments around the world. He spoke about the ongoing intrusion of government surveillance into the lives of UK citizens and the overall harm to individual privacy caused by technical capability notices.



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