 already enables companies to store internet browser history records for up to a year as well as collect personal data in bulk. But the new Bill would go further by allowing the government to essentially break end-to-end encryption. This is the technology that ensures your messages are kept private between you and the person you're talking to, and is a critical security feature of apps like WhatsApp and iMessa){kind=link}
Apple has raised serious concerns about the UK ‘Snooper Charter’ and it could lead to popular apps being removed from UK phones.
UK iPhone users could find they no longer have access to apps like iMessage and FaceTime in the future, if the government goes ahead with a controversial set of laws.
The proposed changes to the Investigatory Powers Act (2016) would give the Home Office the power to demand that key security features are changed and disabled on apps-without giving tech companies the chance to appeal.
Currently, the Home Office can demand changes to security protocols but tech companies have the right to a review and oversight process.
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