I wonder if the UK is a proxy or front here for the larger intelligence community (that the UK certainly is an integral part of). Since it's outside of the EU

I wonder if the UK is a proxy or front here for the larger intelligence community (that the UK certainly is an integral part of). Since it's outside of the EU now and is a significant market it might simply be demanding these measures (not just of Apple, it's illegal to acknowledge that one has received these demands so silence from others might indicate they are/have implemented them) and taking the heat for other nations. Compromised/backdoored encryption can be used by anyone with knowledge of it.