With Apple removing its best iPhone security feature rather than submitting to misjudged government demands, it’s clear the long-running encryption debate will fire up again. And while on the surface this looks like a simply battle between law enforcement and big tech,

The iPhone maker confirmed last week that it would end access for UK users to the optional end-to-end encryption feature, which helps to ensure that only users can access their own personal data, such as photos and messages.

Apple has a security nightmare on its hands that’s showing no signs yet of coming to an end. For the first time, the iPhone-maker is making its famously locked-down phones less secure, putting millions of users at risk.

However, RCS on iPhone doesn't provide end-to-end encryption between iPhones and Android. The GSM Association, which develops the RCS standard, said in September that it's working to enable end-to-end encryption between these devices. Here's how to check if your carrier supports RCS and how to make sure it's enabled on your iPhone.

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In a bid to boost its surveillance efforts, the UK Government's Home Office reportedly requested a ‘backdoor’ be built into Apple’s end-to-end encryption to allow law enforcement agencies access to user data.

The UK government is demanding access to encrypted iCloud data, forcing Apple to disable its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature for users in the region.

Apple on February 21 withdrew its Advanced Data Protection feature from the United Kingdom following government demands for backdoor access

Parmy Olson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology. A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, she is author of “Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change ...