House lawmakers are concerned over the UK's secret request to Apple for a backdoor into encrypted iCloud backups, suggesting it threatens U.S. cybersecurity and privacy. The 2018 CLOUD Act allows U.S. law enforcement to access data from American companies overseas. Following the UK's secret order, which bypassed judicial review, bipartisan support emerged for enhancing privacy provisions in the CLOUD Act, ensuring American citizens' data security against foreign surveillance efforts, as exemplified by remarks from Rep. Andy Biggs about encryption vulnerabilities.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., stated, "Efforts to weaken or even break encryption makes us all less secure. If companies are forced to build backdoors to encryption, it is impossible to limit a backdoor to just the good guys."
During a hearing, lawmakers expressed bipartisan support for strengthening cybersecurity and privacy provisions in CLOUD Act agreements, ensuring Americans' data security amidst concerns over UK's secret order to Apple.
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