In a stunning display of government overreach, the UK has effectively forced Apple to disable its iCloud encryption for British users. Earlier this month, we wrote about the UK wielding the Investi…
  • psyc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 小时前

    I think disabling the feature rather than crippling it is really the only option other than exiting the UK market. At least this change seem to be UK specific but I suspect more countries will follow

    • KSP AtlasEnglish
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      7 小时前

      As someone in the UK, do it, make the many government officials using apple devices realize their mistake and maybe rethink their laws

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      14 小时前

      Honestly I wish more companies had the courage to pull out of a market. Sure it will hurt profits but it would make a point. Honestly the PR benefits probably would make up for the lost revenue.

    • Kelly@programming.devEnglish
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      6 小时前

      I’m not in the apple ecosystem.

      Do apple customers have voice messages, emails, call logs etc from my interactions with them stored on iCloud?

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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    19 小时前

    Wow, the Brits are really killing it. (The internet.) First smaller forums having to shut down, the Fediverse needing to defederate and block UK users (at least technically). And now they also disable cloud encryption… But I guess they’ve always lead the way with surveillance tech, porn filters on residential internet connections etc.

      • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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        11 小时前

        What kind of influence are you referring to? On how the internet gets shaped in the future? Or society and politics, or as part of the Five Eyes?