U.K. demands access to any Apple user's data, anywhere in the world

U.K. Home Office reportedly wants Apple to provide law enforcement access to users' private data.

The demand poses a grave threat to global digital security.

U.S. lawmakers say the demand "seriously threatens the privacy and security of both the American people and the U.N. government".

U.S. and U.K. officials want someone to build an unbreakable lock and give law enforcement a key.

This would be alarming enough about an actual lock, but a backdoor to access digital encryption would render it inherently vulnerable.

In effect, there is no way to introduce an intentional flaw to data encryption that cannot be exploited by bad actors.