PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · edit-22 days agoRather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peepsgo.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down14
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkRather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peepsgo.theregister.comPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · edit-22 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYeah, they should have taken a stand and been banned for breaking the law, that would have showed the government.
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoWhat’s the alternative? Strong arm a democratically elected — even if stupid at times — government to change policy? That’s a terrifying precedent. The other alternative is to backdoor or otherwise compromise users in other jurisdictions. Glad they didn’t do that.
No, just regular keel over compliance.
Yeah, they should have taken a stand and been banned for breaking the law, that would have showed the government.
What’s the alternative? Strong arm a democratically elected — even if stupid at times — government to change policy? That’s a terrifying precedent.
The other alternative is to backdoor or otherwise compromise users in other jurisdictions. Glad they didn’t do that.