Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK Amid Government Backdoor Demands
Apple has withdrawn its Advanced Data Protection iCloud feature from the United Kingdom following government demands for backdoor access to encrypted...
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.
I don’t think it’s just the backups. Apple’s site says it’s things “such as” wallet, notes, photos, documents, bookmarks, reminders, voice memos, shortcuts, messages backup, and device backup. The such as seems to imply there’s more.
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
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
It affects certain people from America. I have a relative who is directly affected by this.
