UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US
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Re: UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US
#2UK does not want to pay for US backdoor access?
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#3tl,dr: "Vance argued that free speech and democracy were threatened by European elites."
edit: Don't shoot the messenger.
Re: UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US
#4I really sort of expected that by the time I reached my age that we'd have more policy makers that understood tech a little better. I feel like in the last say 25 or more years ... the needle hasn't moved.
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#5Thank goodness for that - a UK citizen.
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#6I assumed they’d only have asked for it if they’d already OKed it with the US, and that it was probably part of a plan to give US access too via 5-eyes sharing.
Turns out it was not 4D chess after all…
Re: UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US
#7tl,dr: "Vance argued that free speech and democracy were threatened by European elites." edit: Don't shoot the messenger.
Broken clock is right twice a day.
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Re: UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US
#9I really sort of expected that by the time I reached my age that we'd have more policy makers that understood tech a little better. I feel like in the last say 25 or more years ... the needle hasn't moved.
Yeah unfortunately we live in a gerontocracy so it's the same people in charge today that were 25 years ago :(
Re: UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US
#10> The UK official added, this “limits what we’re able to do in the future, particularly in relation to AI regulation.” The Labour government has delayed plans for AI legislation until after May next year.
What did they mean by this