Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, told the Financial Times the UK had “agreed to drop” its demand that Apple enable access to “the protected encrypted data of American citizens”, a move that the US president had previously likened to Chinese surveillance.

A pple will not be required to provide an encryption backdoor in the UK, easing concerns about weakened privacy and security safeguards. The announcement was made by US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on social media late Monday evening.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said that the UK would drop its mandate for Apple to provide an encrypted data "back door."

JD Vance forced Sir Keir Starmer’s Government to drop its demand for “backdoor” access to users’ iPhone messages.

Apple CEO Tim Cook kept his August winning streak alive as the US backed Apple against the UK in an encrypted user data dispute.

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