"— yes, that one." ? Who is this person?
The person whom you went out of your way to reach out to.
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's more likely to be a problem with Apple (and Google) because they have put themselves in a position where they are a gateway to everybody . There are multitudes of online storage providers outside of the UK's reach and jurisdiction but 0% of iPhone users back up to them because of technical limitations that inhibit iCloud competitors or any compatible storage solution.
> 0% of iPhone users back up to them because of technical limitations that inhibit iCloud competitors or any compatible storage solution. To clarify, by "technical limitations" here you don't mean "it's not possible with our current technology", you mean "Apple purposely blocks this".
Allegedly it's deliberate, according to a pair of legal actions they face in the UK (hearing in 9 days) and US (hearing in August 2026).
> 13.1 a set of technical restrictions and practices that prevent users of iOS from storing certain key file types (known as “Restricted Files”) on any cloud storage service other than its own iCloud and thus ensuring that users have no choice but to use iCloud (a complete monopolist in respect of these Restricted Files) if they wish to meet all their cloud storage and/or back up needs, in particular in order to conduct a complete back-up of the device (“the Restricted File Conduct”); and/or
> 13.2 an unfair choice architecture, which individually and cumulatively steer iOS Users towards using and purchasing iCloud rather than other cloud storage services, and/or limit their effective choice, and/or exclude or disadvantage rivals or would- be rivals ( “the Choice Architecture Conduct ”). See further paragraphs 6 to 9 and 97 to 132 of the CPCF.
https://www.catribunal.org.uk/cases/16897724-consumers-assoc... (via summary of ruling of the chair)
> 30. By sequestering Restricted Files, and denying all other cloud providers access to them, Apple prevents rival cloud platforms from offering a full-service cloud solution that can compete effectively against iCloud. The cloud products that rivals can offer are, by virtue of Apple’s restraints, fundamentally diminished because they can only host Accessible Files. Users who want to back up all of their files—including the basic Restricted Files needed to restore their device at replacement—have but one option in the marketplace: iCloud.
> 31. There is no technological or security justification for Apple mandating the use of iCloud for Restricted Files. Apple draws this distinction only to curtail competition and advantage its iCloud product over rival cloud platforms.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68303306/felix-gamboa-v... (via document 1 the complaint)
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#64> Hi, I'm Heather Burns — yes, that one. Ok, I was going to ask, but taking "yes, that one" seriously I suppose confirms the author is the actress Heather Burns best known for playing the best friend role in a string of successful romantic comedies. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122688/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Burns Kind of weird to be reading some blog post about tech privacy from such a well known actr…
I wouldn't classify "best known for playing a side character in some 90s movies" as a well known actress. Also, different Heather Burns.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
The writer isn't blaming Apple.
The title certainly disagrees.
No, it doesn't.
If I get up in the morning and say "time to get out of the house" I am not blaming my house for anything; I am simply articulating that I want or need to be somewhere else, for whatever reason.
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can encrypt anything and store it in anything that provides storage. Why are people acting like "end to end encryption" is a feature you need a cloud service to provide to you. Rather the opposite - it's really something you can only do yourself.
Sure, but almost no one is managing their own keys and knows enough about the various e2ee algorithms to make these decisions on their own. Do you know of a good piece of software or tool that lets a layperson interface with any cloud storage provider?
https://github.com/restic/restic
not exactly for a "layperson", to be honest, but easy enough for someone familiar with a command line
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#67> Hi, I'm Heather Burns — yes, that one. Ok, I was going to ask, but taking "yes, that one" seriously I suppose confirms the author is the actress Heather Burns best known for playing the best friend role in a string of successful romantic comedies. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122688/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Burns Kind of weird to be reading some blog post about tech privacy from such a well known actr…
The author is a different Heather Burns from the actress.
https://heatherburns.tech/about/
If you scroll down you’ll see an image of the author.
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#68> You need to start that because, as we recently learned, at some point in the very near future Apple is withdrawing its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature from the UK altogether as a result of the Home Office TCN through the Investigatory Powers Act. So, a UK-only advice, and it strangely assumes that any other service in UK wouldn’t be bound by the same laws.
> So, a UK-only advice
So what?
> it strangely assumes that any other service in UK wouldn’t be bound by the same laws.
From the linked article:
> I’m not going to tell you where to move your stuff other than to say that if you’re moving it from one big tech company to another, you’re just being daft. Likewise, if you’re moving your stuff to a non-e2ee service, don’t bother. If you need an e2ee service try Proton. They have a Black Friday sale on.
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#69Apple obeys the law. Policians set the law. You vote for politicians. So nu, it makes no sense to blame Apple here.
It must be nice to live somewhere that has politicians that represent the will of the people enough to have a take like this. Where I live, your vote only counts if you have enough money.
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#70> Hi, I'm Heather Burns — yes, that one. Ok, I was going to ask, but taking "yes, that one" seriously I suppose confirms the author is the actress Heather Burns best known for playing the best friend role in a string of successful romantic comedies. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122688/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Burns Kind of weird to be reading some blog post about tech privacy from such a well known actr…
It's not that one.