Britain quietly cleansing encryption tips from government websites

The United Kingdom government seems to have quietly broke advice on encryption from government web pages just weeks after requesting access to rear access to encrypted data stored in the Apple cloud storage service.

The change was noticed by security expert Alec Mafeth, who writes in blog post on Wednesday that the National UK Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) no longer recommends high -risk people to use encryption to protect their sensitive information.

In October, the NCSC publishes a document entitled “Cybersecurity Tips for Lawyers, Lawyers and Legal Specialists” who advises the use of encryption tools as an extended Apple data protection (ADP).

ADP allows users to include end -to -end encryption for iCloud backups, which effectively makes anyone impossible for anyone, including Apple and government authorities, to view data stored on iCloud.

URL, hosting the NCSC document now redirects to a page This is not mentioned about encryption or adp. Instead, he recommends that people use Apple lock mode, an “extreme” security tool that limits access to certain features and features.

MUFFET reports that the original document is still available through the return machineis “wholesale deleted from the Internet”. TechCrunch failed to find any advice on encrypting the UK Government’s website.

The United Kingdom interior office and NCSC did not answer TechCrunch questions.

Elimination of encryption tips comes weeks after the UK government Secretly ordered Apple to build a rear door This will give the authorities access to encrypted data from users.

After the order first reported by The Washington PostApple pulled its ADP feature in the UK and confirmed For TechCrunch, the feature will no longer be provided to new users in the UK and its current users will ultimately have to deactivate it.

Apple is challenge The UK Access Order in the UK in the Tribunal of Investigative Powers (IPT), Financial times Report this week.