Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday demanded action from Attorney General Pam Bondi on the United Kingdom’s requiring that American tech companies provide access to encrypted data.
The Kentucky Republican senator implied that the U.K. demanding access to American data was a dangerous violation of an agreement between the two nations.
Paul calls the United Kingdom’s interference with Apple “the latest concerning attempt by law enforcement agencies and other government entities to obtaining ‘backdoor’ access to private user content under the pretext of national security.”
In January, the United Kingdom ordered Apple to give it backdoor access to users’ encrypted data. Rather than comply with the order, Apple decided to eliminate its encrypted features for U.K. users altogether and appeal the order to the U.K. Investigatory Powers Tribunal.
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