Apple Inc.’s feature to enable end-to-end encryption for user iCloud accounts has come under fire in the UK, where government officials want the company to disable it and build a backdoor that lets them access data.

The Government has ordered Apple to allow it to access encrypted files uploaded to the cloud by any Apple user worldwide, in an 'unprecedented attack on privacy'.

The government will not confirm or deny the existence of the order. There are concerns that breaking encryption could allow bad actors to access people's data, and pave the way for countries like China to make similar demands.