Investigatory Powers Act a serious threat to global privacy, says Apple

Apple says that plans to increase the scope and powers of the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act is “a serious and direct threat to data security and information privacy” – not just to British citizens, but to all tech users worldwide.The company says that the British government is trying to make itself “the de facto global arbiter of what level of data security and encryption are permissible” after a report last week noted that companies like Apple could be banned