U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
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U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
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#2US tech needs to obey the laws of the country in which it operates. I am sure the demands of UK government are more than reasonable - and, as it is a democracy - as full endorsement of the people / users
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#3The government did get more than third of the votes. So this is the choice of democratically elected government and the voters and as such should be followed.
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#4https://archive.is/3Pp0U
(Although I was able to access the article in full on the original URL)
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#5Rather than break the security promises it made to its users everywhere, Apple is likely to stop offering encrypted storage in the U.K., the people said. Yet that concession would not fulfill the U.K. demand for backdoor access to the service in other countries, including the United States.
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#6Presumably the US government will have no compunction in using this to view US citizens private materials under UK government access rights, irrespective of US privacy law.
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#7The government did get more than third of the votes. So this is the choice of democratically elected government and the voters and as such should be followed.
I have to give you a full up vote since they don't come in thirds.
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#8The bad guys know where to find solid open source crypto for their cloud backups and whatnot.
Therefore you know this is not about chasing the bad guys. It's about keeping the Average Joe under the thumb.
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#9Rather than break the security promises it made to its users everywhere, Apple is likely to stop offering encrypted storage in the U.K., the people said. Yet that concession would not fulfill the U.K. demand for backdoor access to the service in other countries, including the United States.
Jurisdiction, schmurisdiction. What's that, you know?
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#10Apple should green bubble all UK text messages and explain that it is the law.