Britain has dropped its demand for the iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) to provide a "backdoor" that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens, U.S. Director of Nation...

“The UK has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a ‘back door’ that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens and encroached on our civil liberties,” G...

Governments and law enforcement agencies have long pushed for methods to break such encryption systems to assist with criminal investigations into terrorism and child sexual abuse.