UK loses bid to keep Apple appeal against demand for iPhone backdoor a secret
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Chief Executive of Apple, Tim Cook gives a thumbs up during a tour the Apple Headquarters on December 12, 2024 in London, England. Apple has triumphed over an effort from the U.K. government to keep details secret of its appeal against an order to create a "backdoor" to iPhone users data. The U.K.s Investigatory Powers Tribunal on Monday published a ruling dismissing the governments attempt to prevent details from a hearing on the appeal from being made public. The government had tried to keep the information secret on the grounds it posed risks to national security. Judges Rabinder Singh and Judge Jeremy Johnson said in their ruling that the U.K. governments request to keep details of the hearing private "would be the most fundamental interference with the principle of open justice."
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