Apple turns off iCloud encryption feature in UK following reported government legal order

Apple has removed the Advanced Data Protection (end-to-end encryption) option for iCloud users in the UK, reportedly following a secret Technical Capability Notice requiring the capability to access user content under warrant; existing UK users will be prompted to disable ADP to keep using iCloud. Apple says the change applies only in the UK, expresses disappointment given rising privacy threats, and reiterates it will not build backdoors, while the UK government neither confirms nor denies such orders.