Apple suggests iMessage and FaceTime could be withdrawn in UK over law change
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US tech firm says giving government oversight of security changes could endanger encrypted products

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.

  • @[email protected]English
    18•1 year ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]English
      -3•1 year ago

      Click this link, type email and password. Federated services are just as easy from UX side. The complexity is the backend.

      • @[email protected]English
        13•1 year ago

        It seems easy, but the moment you ask the user to “choose their instance” - you already push away a lot of untechnical people. What is an instance? How do I know which one is good? Will I be able to talk to people on other instances (look at Lemmy, some instances are blocked by other instances)? Why do I even have to choose an instance?

        From an UX standpoint, that’s a disaster. Stuff like Lemmy or Mastodon will remain forever a niche, because of that.

        EDIT: Typo

        • @[email protected]English
          5•1 year ago

          Yeah, don’t tell your grandpa to pick an instance. Just link him straight to the registration page. Solved.

          Lemmy is the same. Facebook is the same. You don’t need to tell a user that their Facebook account is going to be shared by their geography. That doesn’t matter.

          Just link then to the registration page for the instance that you use. Easy.