Vitalik urges Apple to reject the UK government's backdoor request: withdraw from the market to maintain encryption security

News on February 7th, Vitalik Buterin posted on social media saying that he would respect Apple more if the company publicly committed to withdrawing from the UK market in situations where encryption damage is unavoidable. He emphasized that if Apple took this action, he would purchase and use an additional Apple device (currently only owns AirPods).

Previously reported, the UK government demanded Apple create a backdoor to allow security agencies access to encrypted iCloud backups of global users and prohibited Apple from notifying users when their data security was compromised. Meanwhile, US agencies such as NSA and FBI have suggested strengthening end-to-end encryption to protect network traffic, but the UK has not joined this initiative.