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.

Apple users in the United Kingdom will no longer have access to a key data security feature for iCloud storage: Advanced Data Protection. It’s a relatively small change, but privacy experts worry it could have ripple effects for data privacy around the world.

Apple has removed its strongest iCloud data protection for customers in the UK, as a refusal to comply with a government order demanding backdoor access to user data. Apple has a security feature called Advanced Data Protection,

When it comes to the fundamentals of security, I think that on this Big Tech (eg, Apple) is right and Big Gov (eg, the UK) is wrong.

Apple is clearly keen to make the event creation process as straightforward as possible in Apple Invites: From the front screen of the iPhone app, tap the + (plus) button in the top right corner, and you can start building your invite. You've got a few bits of information to fill out here, including the all-important event date and start time.

Apple won’t turn off ADP. UK customers who attempt to enable the feature will now see an error message, while those who currently use it will be given a limited time to disable the feature. Access to iCloud will be blocked for those who don’t turn off ADP.