After the United Kingdom demanded that Apple create a backdoor that would allow government officials globally to spy on encrypted data, Apple decided to simply turn off encryption services in the UK rather than risk exposing its customers to snooping.

Apple has removed security features from iPhones in the UK, in a major and unprecedented move. The change comes amid reports that the UK government had asked Apple to introduce a “backdoor” into its devices,

Apple is to remove its highest level of data protection from customers in the UK following a Government demand for access to user data. The tool, known as Advanced Data Protection (ADP), end-to-end encrypted the “majority” of user files that were uploaded to the cloud,