[dixie_land]

Was it ever?

[Tagbert]

The British Government believes it to be secure. That’s why they were asking for a back door.

[amelius]

Brits: can we have access to the backdoor?

Apple: sure, but only if you pretend you didn't get access

Brits: jolly good

[eesmith]

Another way to interpret it is they think it's secure against the British Government, and were asking for the same back door the US has.

[graemep]

While they did did get a backdoor they did get Apple to withdraw the product from the UK so it no longer impedes mass suveillance.

[lambdasquirrel]

That only means that the UK government doesn’t have access to the backdoor.

[OutOfHere]

It's just that the British Government doesn't have access to the backdoor whereas the American Government does have it. It's in no way secure.