Will Apple Comply?
Given this massive request from UK officials, does Apple plan on complying with the request to give the country broad access to encrypted data from its millions of users? Probably not.
The anonymous sources that provided the Washington Post with all this information also noted that, rather than comply, Apple will likely just stop offering encrypted storage in the UK.
Still, the request from UK officials is asking for access to encrypted data worldwide, so this won’t necessarily abate the agency from hounding Apple for access. It could, however, encourage them to back off a bit, as the impacts on UK citizens will be nothing if not noticeable.
