The U.K. government is still trying to gain access to encrypted iCloud data, according to the Financial Times after British officials allegedly filed a new secret order demanding Apple build a backdoor

On Wednesday, the British newspaper reported that the U.K. Home Office sent an order to Apple earlier in September requesting that the tech giant creates a system to let officials access encrypted cloud backups of British citizens.

Privacy activists have warned that complying with such an order would be a mistake, and something that would impact the privacy of users worldwide.

Spokespeople for Apple and the U.K. Home Office did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment.

This is the second time that the U.K. government sent Apple what is called a “technical capability notice,” af

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