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How? In the UK, there's no right to bear arms, so people are pretty helpless against their oppressing government.
Weird. In the US there is a right to bear arms, yet people are also pretty helpless against their oppressing government.
The nightmare continues. For now I am using 3rd party backup services that are (currently) promising me that my backups are encrypted by a key they do not have access to, or control over. But can this even be believed in an age where these secret notices are being served to any number of companies? I suppose the next step would be to ensure that files don't ever arrive in the cloud unencrypted, but I have yet to see…
Not gonna lie, I expected Apple to just kind of roll over and take the blow on this one. Interesting.
Apple lost here.
Too right, it was far more problematic than they ever made out. > The UK government's demand came through a "technical capability notice" under the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA), requiring Apple to create a backdoor that would allow British security officials to access encrypted user data globally. The order would have compromised Apple's Advanced Data Protection feature, which provides end-to-end encryption for iCl…
Feels like marvel was onto something with captain america and winter soldier.
This got me thinking about MGS2 again and rewatching the colonel's dialogue at the end of the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKl6WjfDqYA
> Your persona, experiences, triumphs, and defeats are nothing but byproducts. The real objective was ensuring that we could generate and manipulate them.
It's really brilliant to use a video game to deliver the message of the effectiveness of propaganda. 'Game design' as a concept is just about manipulation and hijacking dopamine responses. I don't think another medium can as effectively demonstrate how systems can manipulate people's behavior.
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That's why it's important to use apps like Signal where you can set the retention of your messages. I've got everybody I know using it now!
Given historical backups are the norm here, retention only does so much. Really, apps should encrypt their own storage with keys that aren't stored in the backups. That's how you get security/privacy back.
I think sender should just be able to send a recommended preference hint on retention and you could have an option to respect it or not.
Think about it.. You don't even have to be an Apple user to be affected by this issue. If someone backs up their conversations with you to apple cloud, your exchange is now fair game. You get no say in it either. We all lose.
That's why it's important to use apps like Signal where you can set the retention of your messages. I've got everybody I know using it now!
In some jurisdiction, yes, legally, such evidence might not be probative, but you might still convicted because of it.
They will have to send out messages 'You have 32465 hours before you account is deleted unless you decrypt'
This is NOT a good look.
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That's why it's important to use apps like Signal where you can set the retention of your messages. I've got everybody I know using it now!
Given historical backups are the norm here, retention only does so much. Really, apps should encrypt their own storage with keys that aren't stored in the backups. That's how you get security/privacy back.
Nothing an app does on a device guarantees you security or privacy if you don't trust or fully control the device.
Too right, it was far more problematic than they ever made out. > The UK government's demand came through a "technical capability notice" under the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA), requiring Apple to create a backdoor that would allow British security officials to access encrypted user data globally. The order would have compromised Apple's Advanced Data Protection feature, which provides end-to-end encryption for iCl…
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> Doesn't the US have access to all the data of non US citizens whose data is stored in the US without any oversight? Er, no...? I'm not sure where you get that idea. Access requires a warrant, and companies are not compelled to build systems which enable them to decrypt all data covered by the warrant. See, for example, the Las Vegas shooter case, where Apple refused to create an iOS build that would bypass iCloud s…
I asked if your Android backup is encrypted. Implies I'm talking about unencrypted data. > See, for example, the Las Vegas shooter case I am not in Las Vegas or anywhere else in the US. So as far as i know all the data about me that is stored in the US is easily accessible without a warrant unless it's encrypted with a key that's not available with the storage. > companies are not compelled to build systems which ena…
> Google Maps is changing the way it handles your location data. Instead of backing up your data to the cloud, Google will soon store it locally on your device.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/5/24172204/google-maps-delet...
You can't be forced to hand over data on your servers that you don't have access to, warrant or no.
The UK wants to make this workaround illegal on an international basis.