Apple says UK could 'secretly veto' global privacy tools

Apple has slammed proposals for the UK government to pre-approve new security features introduced by global tech firms. "We're deeply concerned the proposed amendments to the Investigatory Powers Act now before Parliament place users' privacy and security at risk," said Apple in a statement. "It's an unprecedented overreach by the government and, if enacted, the UK could attempt to secretly veto new user protections globally preventing us from ever offering them to customers." The proposed UK law would go beyond just FaceTime and iMessage to encompass all Apple products. The groups said they were concerned the proposed changes would "Force technology companies, including those based overseas, to inform the government of any plans to improve security or privacy measures on their platforms so that the government can consider serving a notice to prevent such changes".

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