Ex-UK cyber chief says asking Apple to break encryption was ‘naive’

A former director of Cyber ​​Security has called “Inozoa” Apple asks to add a background to his software – the UK’s intelligence agencies can allow SNOP to customer data and continue to continue the secret request.

Ciaran Martin Cyber ​​security was the first Director of the UK government communications (GCHQ) and Cyber ​​Security Center (NCSC) before entering the University of Oxford University in 2020. He spoke New scientist About reports The UK government has made an unprecedented demand Apple can provide access to data saved anywhere in the world, albeit encrypted.

Orders made in accordance with the 2016 research powers, they are intended to be made secret, but Martin says that no surprise the details have been filtered. “Apple I think this type of order against a company that would work in the secret would work in secret,” he noted.

The home office is not, nor Apple has not confirmed the existence of the request, as it would be illegal and asks no comment. But in February, Apple announced It doesn’t offer advanced service to protect its dataWhat is designed to encrypt cloud data securely to new users in the UK. “As we said before, we will never be any shirt or ever, or ever. We will never do it,” Apples said at the time. The company is also To question the UK command in the legal case that can be heard in secret.

Martin says it is not uncommon to collide with security issues, but “the biggest, disproportionate problems, are unbearable commitments.” He said several times in the Mental Agency Route, technology companies demanded removal of the characteristics that used malicious actors in national security or criminal companies. Denied to give details But they were said that they were small technology suppliers.

“It would be a new app or something for a particular feature, and” looks, no, you can’t do this, “says it’s a bit of niches, and they’re too worse than” used, “do you mean?”

At the end of the day, he says, governments must accept that a encryption is not left. “That ship has sailed,” says Martin. “I think, after all, the governments must come along with this. And I’ve long suspected that the West Coast (USA) will work that global titans is not working.”