Specifically, instead of adding a back door into their end to end encryption as demanded by UK authorities, they have pulled the service from the island nation.
Adding a back door for law enforcement adds a back door that could be accessed by any malefactor who wants you data:
Apple disabled its most secure data storage offering for new customers in Britain on Friday rather than comply with a secret government order that would have allowed police and intelligence agencies to access the encrypted content.
The order under the country’s Investigatory Powers Act, reported by The Washington Post two weeks ago, requires the California maker of iPhones and Mac computers to create a backdoor capability allowing authorities to snoop on iCloud storage anywhere in the world.
That would nullify the technology in Apple’s Advanced Data Protection service, which provides such strong encryption that the company itself is unable to retrieve users’ information. Apple rolled out that optional end-to-end encryption globally starting in late 2022.
Compromised security, even when complying with law enforcement, makes for less security.
It is likely to actually result in more crime, because criminals know that they will have easier access.
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