Apple Suggest They Will Withdraw iMessage and FaceTime In UK If Law Changes Go Ahead
Apple Suggest They Will Withdraw iMessage and FaceTime In UK If Law Changes Go Ahead
www.theguardian.com
Apple suggests iMessage and FaceTime could be withdrawn in UK over law change
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.
Everyone commeting here saying “good, we will switch to X” is absolutely stupid. This law means no iMessage, no Signal, no WhatsApp, no Telegram, no secure encrypted messaging for anyone.
People completely missing the point for an opportunity to shit on Apple is on brand though. Lol.
Oh I think there is hundreds reasons to shit on Apple, but this ain’t one of them.
P2P! Direct to PC encryption!
https://briarproject.org/
https://tox.chat/
Great! If you’re technical and not have iOS. That’s already 50% of British market not using it.
Besides, it won’t help you if that’s a government mandate, and Google will be forced to take it down for the UK market from the store. Not a lot of people are installing apps from outside the Play Store.
I don't believe Tox has had a security audit so be careful using it
Good luck enforcing that.
Anyway the criminals are just going to switch to something else so this law is useless
Either that or an app that has been vetted by government stooges and given the thumbs up as its trivial for others to access the content on.
Bullshit. Open source distributed messaging clients will always exist. The key is to federate and host in other countries.
Okay, try explaining it to my 51 years old father. Or someone who really isn’t into tech in general.
Federated stuff will work for you and I - technically knowledgeable people. But we are a tiny fraction of population. The success of WhatsApp lays in its super simplicity.