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As a citizen, I don’t understand what the UK government thinks they are getting here - other than the possibility of leaks of the nation’s most sensitive data. Also is it not possible to set up my Apple account outside of the UK while living here?
It's the right choice: don't bow to government pressure, let the people pressure the government.
How? In the UK, there's no right to bear arms, so people are pretty helpless against their oppressing government.
There's a right to bear arms in the US and it doesn't seem to be helping them with their oppressive government.
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This will likely depend on your primary account region. Apple can't just turn off E2EE on existing account nilly willy.
If they are able to, then then can be compelled. Do you mean won't/wouldn't?
From https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-encrypted-i...
I don't get what's happening to civil liberty in Europe.
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This is one of the reasons why I will never vote Labour. The UK has always hated not allowing people to self-incriminate, though...
> This is one of the reasons why I will never vote Labour. The Tories are generally worse. But I agree it's currently a case of "lesser of two evils".
I usually vote for Lib Dem. Though they do things from time to time I don't like...
As a citizen, I don’t understand what the UK government thinks they are getting here - other than the possibility of leaks of the nation’s most sensitive data. Also is it not possible to set up my Apple account outside of the UK while living here?
You need a non-UK card to use on your Apple Account to change its region.
It's the right choice: don't bow to government pressure, let the people pressure the government.
> let the people pressure the government. Hopefully they will.
The UK wanted access to anyone's data. Not just UK citizens and then additionally added regulations forbidding apple to disclose this. UK is ~3-4% of apples income. While I appreciate Apples actions here, I wish they would make a real stand here and pull completely out of the UK.
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> Apple told them they’d rather get out of UK To my knowledge, Apple has always said that their response would be to withdraw affected services rather than break encryption. > Apple has said planned changes to British surveillance laws could affect iPhone users’ privacy by forcing it to withdraw security features, which could ultimately lead to the closure of services such as FaceTime and iMessage in the UK. https://…
True! Thanks for the correction. IMO they could’ve categorized the whole iCloud service as “affected” and disable all of it.
Users in the UK do still have the option to perform an encrypted backup to their local PC or Mac.