U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
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Re: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
#2It's only a threat when non US countries demand it, otherwise it's just a safety measure.
Re: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
#3Patriot act and cloud act threatens everyone else. More news at 11.
Re: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
#4Re: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
#5I think this is an unquestionable overreach on the UK's part. If you live in any country that isn't the UK, you should feel the threat from this: the UK government believes that it is entitled to a backdoor on your hardware, even if you've never stepped a foot on UK soil or intend to. Mass surveillance is a threat to everyone, but this is not an instance of that, which has guards against it, like encryption. This is the UK asking for an encryption backdoor to everything, including for phones that never traverse its soil or internet boundaries, or even cross anywhere near FVEY collection devices.
This is a dramatic overreach of authority.
Re: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
#6European countries and the USA have an increased misalignment as the USA becomes more radicalized and less willing to work with other countries.
Re: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
#7European countries and the USA have an increased misalignment as the USA becomes more radicalized and less willing to work with other countries.
In this specific case: good. I don’t want USA companies cooperating with UK’s extremist policies like this one.
Re: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
#8I think this is an unquestionable overreach on the UK's part. If you live in any country that isn't the UK, you should feel the threat from this: the UK government believes that it is entitled to a backdoor on your hardware, even if you've never stepped a foot on UK soil or intend to. Mass surveillance is a threat to everyone, but this is not an instance of that, which has guards against it, like encryption. This is…
We should not normalize the idea that it's acceptable within a country's borders either.
It's a massive overreach to demand a backdoor to phones within the country. Don't allow the even bigger overreach to move the Overton window and make it seem like it should ever be acceptable.
Re: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
#9This is basically the reverse of the Microsoft Safe Harbor case. Europeans should be safe from US spying, Americans should be safe from UK spying, and so should everyone else.
Re: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
#10I think this is an unquestionable overreach on the UK's part. If you live in any country that isn't the UK, you should feel the threat from this: the UK government believes that it is entitled to a backdoor on your hardware, even if you've never stepped a foot on UK soil or intend to. Mass surveillance is a threat to everyone, but this is not an instance of that, which has guards against it, like encryption. This is…
We should not normalize the idea that it's acceptable within a country's borders either. It's a massive overreach to demand a backdoor to phones within the country. Don't allow the even bigger overreach to move the Overton window and make it seem like it should ever be acceptable.
I think it's reasonable here to differentiate between acceptable and legal. It's completely unacceptable, but the British people have proven time and time again they're more than happy to make horrifically unacceptable things completely legal in the pursuit of "safety."