The British side reportedly said they would have to produce warrants for each individual data access request, so they will always have to be made as part of an investigation into serious crime.

Senior British officials met with their U.S. counterparts to address concerns that the United Kingdom is pushing for a backdoor into Apple's ( AAPL, Financials) encrypted data, according to sources familiar with the discussions,

National security defense being used to keep appeal behind closed doors US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its alleged encryption-busting order to be aired in public.