This is an indicator that every other company staying in the UK is complying with backdoor demands.
Can governments stop micromanaging things they don’t understand? All they will achieve is inconvenience for people. Anybody who can potentially be targeted such as journalists, criminals, politicians know their attack vector. It’s not 90s when nobody knew shit about computers. Just encrypt on device and upload anywhere. No government will be able to decrypt as long as you are using robust algorithm.
Reminder that you don’t need to use iCloud backup; local backups still work fine and are encrypted.
but I thought apple were the good guys /s
tbh if the government demanded fediverse servers do this then they’ll probably comply as well, I really don’t think this is apple’s fault as much as i hate them and every similar tech megacorps
Bur what about servers that are not based in the UK? They are not officiallly doing business there, they just happen to be accessible from there. And with Fediverse, you can specifically choose a server that suits your jurisdiction needs.
that just depends on how comfortable the instance owner is, if i was hosting I’d ip block the UK
I kind of think going no encryption is arguably better than agreeing to a backdoor, since it should make it clear to consumers that they can’t trust it as safe and should probably use an alternative that would be more secure. I don’t know how many trustworthy alternatives really exist on iOS, though, not least because Apple has allegedly used their position to discourage competitors to iCloud.
A better title would be “Apple helps the US government bypass the 4th amendment”.
Yeah we don’t have enough American news, we should start reframing other countries’ news into how it affects America
The UK is part of 5 Eyes. They swap info on citizens among members. No warrants, no constitutional protections. All they have to do is ask MI5 for info on Americans with dual citizenship.
That stretch of logic sounds an awful lot, like a post-hoc justification after learning it wasn’t about the US. But ok
No, but they’re part of 5 Eyes. The US government can ask MI5 to spy on US citizens, which gets around 4th amendment protections.
This will allow them to spy on any US citizens with dual citizenship.
