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Britain Drops Request That Apple Create a Back Door

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Re: Britain Drops Request That Apple Create a Back Door

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Also we definitely trust that the Brits just gave up, right? They had nothing in exchange, no guarantees to be able to access the data in other ways…

Also, the tweet is only about protecting American people. I personally still don’t feel very safe about it and keep my backups local, thanks.

Re: Britain Drops Request That Apple Create a Back Door

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Also we definitely trust that the Brits just gave up, right? They had nothing in exchange, no guarantees to be able to access the data in other ways… Also, the tweet is only about protecting American people. I personally still don’t feel very safe about it and keep my backups local, thanks.

> Also, the tweet is only about protecting American people. I personally still don’t feel very safe about it and keep my backups local, thanks.

Its a deal between the British and American governments, that only protects Americans from British spying. its very specific.

Nothing about the UK, or the rest of the world, or the details of the deal. Apple might have made a lot of concessions to either or both governments. It needs a lot of trust in both governments (something many people will lack) to trust this.

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