@[email protected] to [email protected] • edit-22 days agoRather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peepsgo.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkRather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peepsgo.theregister.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • edit-22 days agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 days agoYeah, they should have taken a stand and been banned for breaking the law, that would have showed the government.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•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.