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UK loses bid to keep Apple appeal against demand for iPhone 'backdoor' a secret

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Apple had appealed against a demand from the U.K. government to allow officials to access iPhone users' encrypted data via a "backdoor" The government had tried to keep the information secret on the grounds it posed risks to national security.

The judges overseeing the case ruled that the government's request to keep details of the hearing private "would be the most fundamental interference with the principle of open justice".

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